SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of September 14, 2026 for two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decisions.

Please join us Monday, September 14, 2026, at noon, as we discuss three topics in patent law. First, we will discuss the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) precedential decision in Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc., affirming a district court’s grant of summary judgment of noninfringement, its construction of the [...]

Two Recent Cases

Two Recent Cases Please join us Monday, June 22, 2026 at noon online or in Westlake Village when we will discuss two recent cases. In a patent case at the Federal Circuit, GoTV Streaming, LLC v. Netflix, Inc., No. 2024-1669 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2026)(Opinion by Judge Tarantino reversing Judge Klausner of the Central Dist [...]

Patent Anticipation – 35 U.S.C. § 102; Novelty – 35 U.S.C. § 103; and Patent-eligible subject matter – 35 U.S.C. § 101.

Patent Anticipation - 35 U.S.C. § 102; Novelty - 35 U.S.C. § 103; and Patent-eligible subject matter - 35 U.S.C. § 101. Please join us on Monday, September 29, 2025, at noon, where we will discuss a recent decisions made by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding patent anticipation – section 102, [...]

Surviving §101 and Keeping Trade Secrets…Secret

Surviving §101 and Keeping Trade Secrets...Secret Please join us Monday, August 18, 2025, at noon where we will discuss the recent decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Powerblock, Inc. v. iFit, Inc., No. 24-1177 (Fed. Cir. 2025) where the court reversed the district court's determination that PowerBlock's patent [...]

AI Plaintiffs Achieve Class Certification

Federal Court Certifies Copyright Class Please join us Monday, August 12, 2025, at noon where we will discuss class certification as it relates to AI Copyright cases. Specifically we will discuss an order in  which the court held, CERTIFIED: All beneficial or legal copyright owners of the exclusive right to Reproduce copies of any book [...]

Not So Cozy Prosecution History and Likeness

Not So Cozy Prosecution History and Likeness Please join us Monday, August 04, 2025, at noon where we will discuss the recent decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Co., No. 24-2191 (Fed. Cir. 2025) where the court found in favor of Top [...]

AIT v Salesforce – war story update

Patent suits can be like the War of the Roses, or Bleak House. Though most patent suits end pretty quickly, high value cases often pend for a long time. Our firm represents a patent owner in one such suit. Bleak House cover In November 2013, our client Applications in Internet Time, LLC sued [...]

Patents – Surviving a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss and Making False Advertisements

Surviving a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss and Making False Advertisements Please join us Monday, October 21, 2024, at noon where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Alexsam, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc., No. 22-2036 (Fed. Cir. 2024) where the court found in favor of [...]

Estoppel, Forfeiture of Arguments and Claim Construction on Appeal

Please join us Monday, September 16, 2024, at noon where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Softview, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al., No. 2023-1005, 2023-1007 (Fed. Cir. July 26,  2024), and Voice Tech Corp., v. Unified Patents, LLC 2022-2163 (Fed Cir. August [...]

CAFC regarding claim construction and analogous art

Please join us on Monday, September 18, 2023 at Noon , where we will discuss two CAFC decision for Patents: one re: Claim Construction Apple v Corephotonics 22-1350.OPINION.9-11-2023_2188207 and the other regarding Analogous Art Netfix v Divx 22-1138.OPINION.9-11-2023_2188240. Angelo Gaz, of Counsel to SoCalIP, will lead the discussion.

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