Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 28, 2014 will be a discussion of two cases. The first relates to preliminary injunctive relief in patent cases and the second case relates to trademark infringement. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Trebro Mfg. v. Firefly Equipment and Steven Aposhian, Case No. 2013-1347 (Fed Cir. April [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 31, 2014 will be a discussion of two cases. The first relates to a reggaeton copyright dispute and the second involves a discussion of the meaning of "substantially" in a patent claim. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Alicea v. Machete Music, Miscellaneous Docket No. 12-1548 [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 14, 2013 will be a discussion led by Guy Cumberbatch of our Santa Barbara Office regarding the effects of species restrictions on patent claim scope, a series of TTAB decisions testing whether you can spot likelihood of confusion, and an examiner’s response to a patent claiming [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 15, 2013 will be a discussion of two Federal Circuit cases regarding patents. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A., et. al. (Fed. Cir. March 25, 2013) (available here). At the district court, the defendant recovered attorney fees and [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 11, 2013 will be a discussion of two patent cases from the Federal Circuit. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Radio Systems Corp v. Lalor, Case No. 2012-1233 (Fed. Cir. March 6, 2013) (available here). The Federal Circuit affirmed in part the district court’s decision [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 11, 2013 will be a discussion of two patent cases from the Federal Circuit. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Radio Systems Corp v. Lalor, Case No. 2012-1233 (Fed. Cir. March 6, 2013) (available here). The Federal Circuit affirmed in part the district court's decision [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, February 25, 2013 will be a discussion of a Supreme Court case regarding the jurisdiction for patent malpractice cases and a case regarding the doctrine of equivalents. Gunn v. Minton, Case No. 11-1118 (S.Ct. Feb. 20, 2013) (available here) 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) provides federal district courts [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, December 10, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Pregis v. Kappos, Case No. 2010-1492, -1532 (Fed. Cir. December 6, 2012) (attached). In 2009, Pregis sued Free-Flow for declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of Free-Flow’s Patent Nos. 7,325,377, [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 22, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Case No. 2012-1507 (Fed. Cir. October 11, 2012) (attached). On February 8, 2012, Apple brought suit against Samsung, alleging that Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 13, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Lens.com, Inc. v. 1-800 Contacts, Inc., Case No. 2011-1258 (Fed. Cir. August 3, 2012) (attached). The Wesley-Jessen Corporation obtained Trademark Registration No. 2,175,334 for the mark LENS in connection with [...]