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SoCal IP Institute :: April 7, 2014 :: Arbitration clauses in licensing agreements and Nonobviousness standards in design patents

Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 7, 2014 will be a discussion of arbitration clauses in licensing agreements and nonobviousness standards in design patents. Brief synopses appear below. Radware, Ltd. and Radware, Inc. v. F5 Networks, Case No. C-13-02024 (N. Dist. of Cal. 12/23/2013) (available here). Radware sued F5 for patent infringement in the [...]

By SoCal IP|2014-04-03T23:17:37-07:00April 3rd, 2014|Patent, Venue, Invalidity, Obviousness|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: September 16, 2013 :: Design patents and Trademark Infringement

Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, September 16, 2013 will be a discussion of a recent Federal Circuit decision regarding design patents and a First Circuit decision regarding trademark infringement. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Dorpan, S.L. V. Hotel Melia, Inc., Case No. 12-1679 (1st Cir. August 28, 2013) (available here). [...]

By SoCal IP|2013-09-13T21:39:30-07:00September 13th, 2013|Patent, Trade Dress, Trademark, Damages, Infringement, Likelihood of Confusion, Obviousness|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: January 28, 2013 :: Obviousness and Discharge of a Patent Covenant Not to Sue in Bankruptcy

Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, January 28, 2013 will be a discussion of an obviousness case and the discharge of a patent covenant not to sue in bankruptcy. Soverain Software LLC v. Newegg, Inc.. Case No. 11-1009 (Fed. Cir. Jan 22, 2013) (available here) Soverain sued Newegg and several other online retailers [...]

By SoCal IP|2013-01-26T01:38:55-08:00January 26th, 2013|Patent, Obviousness|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: December 10, 2012 :: Administrative Procedures Act and Claim Construction

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, [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-12-07T22:46:54-08:00December 7th, 2012|Patent, Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Unenforceability, Claim Construction, Declaratory Judgment, Invalidity, Noninfringement, Obviousness|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: November 26, 2012 :: Overcoming Prima Facie Obviousness and Standing

We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 26, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc., Case No. 2011-1555 (Fed. Cir. November 15, 2012) (attached). This case involves a patent for offshore drilling technology that allows [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-11-21T23:36:26-08:00November 21st, 2012|Damages, Declaratory Judgment, Invalidity, Noninfringement, Obviousness, Antitrust, Patent, Standing, Unenforceability|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: November 12, 2012 :: Historically Significant Marks and Public Accessibility of Prior Art

We will be discussing one Federal Circuit case and one California Court of Appeal case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Winchester Mystery House, LLC v. Global Asylum, Inc., Case No. H036253 (Cal. App. October 24, 2012) (attached). The plaintiff is a privately owned [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-11-09T02:45:16-08:00November 9th, 2012|Patent, Trademark, Infringement, Invalidity, Joint Infringement, Likelihood of Confusion, Noninfringement, Obviousness|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: October 1, 2012 :: Inequitable Conduct and Judgment as a Matter of Law

We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 1, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Outside the Box Innovations, LLC. v. Travel Caddy, Inc., Case No. 2009-1171 (Fed. Cir. September 21, 2012) (attached). Travel Caddy brought suit against Outside the Box Innovations claiming infringement of [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-09-27T23:25:12-07:00September 27th, 2012|Induced Infringement, Inequitable Conduct, Invalidity, Noninfringement, Obviousness, Patent, Prosecution, Unenforceability|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: July 9, 2012 :: Summary Judgment and Presumption of Validity

We will be discussing one Ninth Circuit case and one Federal Circuit case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 9, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Rearden LLC v. Rearden Commerce Inc., Case No. 10-16665 (9th Cir. June 27, 2012) (attached). Plaintiff Rearden LLC filed suit against Rearden Commerce, asserting numerous [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-07-06T18:37:48-07:00July 6th, 2012|Prosecution, Trademark, ANDA, Infringement, injunction, Invalidity, Likelihood of Confusion, Noninfringement, Obviousness, Patent, Preliminary Injunction|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: July 2, 2012 :: Doctrine of Equivalents, Unexpected Results and Teaching Away

We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 2, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. v. Cadbury Adams USA LLC, Case No. 2011-1140, 2011-1150 (Fed. Cir. June 22, 2012) (attached). This suit involved infringement assertions between two competitors in the chewing [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-06-29T18:51:42-07:00June 29th, 2012|Noninfringement, Obviousness, Patent, Prosecution, Anticipation, Invalidity|0 Comments

SoCal IP Institute :: June 11, 2012 :: Trademark Dilution and Irreparable Harm for Preliminary Injunction

We will be discussing one Trademark Trial and Appeal Board case and one Federal Circuit case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 11, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Research in Motion Ltd. v. Defining Presence Marketing Group, Inc. & Axel Ltd. Co., Opposition Nos. 91178668, 91179490, 91181076 (T.T.A.B. Feb. 27, [...]

By SoCal IP|2012-06-08T19:29:45-07:00June 8th, 2012|Infringement, injunction, Invalidity, Likelihood of Confusion, Obviousness, Opposition, Uncategorized, Preliminary Injunction, TTAB, Dilution|0 Comments