AI and IP for Lawyers & Paralegals In our SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October, 20 2025 we will discuss AI issues for IP lawyers. The PowerPoint slides may be found here. Michael Harris, a partner at SoCal IP, will lead the discussion.
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, [...]
A Duology of Intellectual Property Cases, Namely, Lashify v. ITC and In re Locus Link USA Please join us Monday, September 15, 2025, at noon where we will discuss one patent case and one trademark case. First, we will discuss the case of Lashify v. International Trade Commission, and second, the case of In re [...]
Please join us on Monday, August 25, 2025, where we will discuss: Design patent – Extension of utility patent Case: In Re FLOYD, No. 23-2395 (Fed. Cir. 2025) and Trade Secret Law primer Guy Cumberbatch, of counsel to SoCalIP, will lead the discussion.
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Copyright in the Input, Uncertainty in the Output: Navigating the Legal Grey Zone of AI Training In the era of artificial intelligence ("AI"), and more specifically software services based on large language models ("LLM"), the legal grey area may have just become a little less grey. Two recent orders issued by two Judges for the [...]
Trademark and Copyright Limits: Lessons from Eleanor and Rapunzel Please join us Monday, June 09, 2025, at noon where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Eleanor vs. Shelby: The Legal Showdown Over a Hollywood Legend [...]
Trademarks - False Connections and the Color Green Please join us Monday, May 19, 2025, at noon where we will discuss two recent decisions made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In In Re Thomas D. Foster APC, No. 23-1527 (Fed. Cir. 2025), the Fed. Cir. affirmed the TTAB’s refusal of Thomas [...]