SoCal IP Institute :: July 7, 2014 :: Copyright infringement and trade secrets

Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 7, 2014 will be a discussion of a Supreme Court case on copyright infringement and a California Appellate opinion on trade secrets. Brief synopses appear below. ABC v. Aereo (U.S. June 25, 2014) (available here).  The Supreme Court held that Aereo's service, which provided subscribers the [...]

SoCal IP Institute :: June 2, 2014 :: TTAB Says ‘Chanel’ For Real Estate Services Dilutes the Fashion Brand; Altavion, Inc. wins trade secret case against Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory regarding its digital stamping technology

Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 2, 2014 will be a discussion of a recent TTAB precedential case and state trade secret opinion. Brief synopses appear below. Chanel, Inc. v. Jerzy Makarczyk (TTAB May 27, 2014) (available here.).  Here, Karczyk (“applicant"), filed an application pursuant to Section 1(a) of the Trademark Act to [...]

SoCal IP Institute :: October 15, 2012 :: Geographically Misdescriptive Trademarks and International Comity

We will be discussing one Federal Circuit case and one 9th Circuit case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 15, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. In re Miracle Tuesday, LLC., Case No. 2011-1373 (Fed. Cir. October 4, 2012) (attached). Miracle Tuesday filed an intent-to-use trademark application for the word mark [...]

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SoCal IP Institute :: May 23, 2011 :: Intent to Use a Mark and Reverse Confusion

We will be discussing two recent, relevant opinions in our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, May 23, 2011. The first deals with the sufficiency of a trademark applicant's intent to use an applied-for mark. The second case involves a claim of reverse confusion. A brief synopsis of the cases is presented below. SmithKlein [...]

By |2011-05-20T16:32:00-07:00May 20th, 2011|Trademark, Intent to Use, Reverse Confusion|2 Comments
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