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 [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 13, 2015 will be a discussion of the following cases: UVeritech, Inc. v. Amax Lighting, Inc., TTAB Cancellation No. 92057088, June 29, 2015 (available here). In this TTAB cancellation proceeding, the U.S. seller petitioned to cancel the foreign manufacturer's trademark. The TTAB ruled in favor of the U.S. seller and [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 20, 2015 will be a discussion of the following cases: Oplus Tech, Ltd. v. Vizio, Inc. et al. (Fed. Cir. April 10, 2015) (available here, district court opinion available here). This is an appeal to the Federal Circuit from the Central District of California in which the [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 13, 2015 will be a discussion of the following cases: ProMark Brands Inc. v. GFA Brands Inc. (TTAB March 27, 2015) (available here). Here, ProMark (later assigned to H.J. Heinz Company) opposed GFA's trademark application for the plain word mark SMART BALANCE for: frozen appetizers containing poultry, meat, seafood or [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 6, 2015 will be a discussion of two patent cases. Intellectual Ventures II v. JP Morgan, et. al., No. 2014-1724 (Fed. Cir. April 1, 2015) (available here). Intellectual Ventures sued JP Morgan on five patents alleging patent infringement. JP Morgan moved to stay the lawsuit on the grounds [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 30, 2015 will be a discussion of two cases. The first is a 9th Circuit trademark case involving the exploitation of Bob Marley's likeness. For this case, we will be joined by Paul Bost, an associate in the Los Angeles office of Sheppard Mullin. He is [...]
We will be discussing two recent Federal Circuit cases regarding exceptional cases in the patent context. We will discuss these cases in our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 8, 2011. Brief synopses of the cases are presented below. Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc. v. Cornell Corporation, Case. No. 2010-1247 (Fed. Cir. March 16, 2011) [...]
We will be discussing the following two cases in our weekly meeting on Monday, August 1, 2011. Brief synopses of the two cases are presented below. TrafficSchool.com, Inc. v. EDriver Inc. (9th Cir. 7/28/2011) (attached) In an action arising from a very close imitation of the state DMV's website by a private, commercial website and [...]
We will be discussing one district court case awarding attorney's fees under 35 U.S.C. 285 in a patent suit and the USPTO's proposed new rule 1.56(b) after Therasense. We will discuss the case and proposed rule in our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 25, 2011. Brief synopses are presented below. Precision Links, [...]
Please join us for the SoCal IP Institute meeting, Monday, January 17 at Noon. This activity is approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit. If you will be joining us, please RSVP to Amanda Jones by 9 am Monday. We will be discussing the following: iLOR, LLC v. Google, Inc., No. 10-1117, 1172 (Fed. Cir. [...]