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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Federal Circuit Dismantles “Rigid” Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness in Light of KSR; USPTO Promptly Issues New Guidance

Federal Circuit Dismantles “Rigid” Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness in Light of KSR; USPTO Promptly Issues New Guidance On February 5, 2024, the Federal Circuit sat en banc to hear oral arguments in a closely watched case concerning design patent obviousness standards in a dispute between LKQ (an aftermarket auto-parts provider), and General Motors [...]

Analogous Prior Art & Moderna-NIH Patent conflict

Please join us on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the concept of Analogous Prior Art in Obviousness rejections, as well as delve into the issues in the Moderna-NIH conflict over Covid vaccine patent rights. Please see Analogous Prior Art slides here. Please see Moderna-NIH slides here, and patent filing [...]

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