For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, January 25, 2021 we will discuss the following DOJ decision (1/15/21) not to alter existing ASCAP/BMI consent decree structure (Decision here) PROs vs Publishers explained here In the final days of the Trump administration, the Dept. of Justice ended its ASCAP/BMI consent decree review without taking [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 24, 2014 will be a discussion of two Federal Circuit cases -- one involving the applicability of collateral estoppel and the other involving the "original patent" requirement for reissue patents. E.Digital Corp. v. Futurewei Tech's., Inc.., Case No. 2014-1019 (Fed. Cir. November 17, 2014) (available here). E.Digital [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, December 17, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. In Re Yamazaki, Case No. 2012-1086 (Fed. Cir. December 6, 2012) (attached). During the prosecution of U.S. Patent 6,180,991, Applicant Yamazaki filed a terminal disclaimer to overcome an obviousness-type double [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 12, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Myspace, Inc. v. GraphOn Corp., Case No. 2011-1149 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2012) (attached). GraphOn had a patent relating to the ability to create, modify and store database records over [...]
We will be discussing two recent, relevant opinions in our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 25, 2011. The first case sets forth a new standard for judging contempt in patent cases. The second case deals with the propriety of adding claims in reissue. A brief synopsis of the cases is presented below. [...]