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 [...]
Some lawyers hate motion practice. My father, for example, loved to be in trial but hated writing motions. I suspect that my mom wrote most of his motions, and maybe that's why I enjoy writing them. It's gotten to be more fun with AI -- I feel super-powered. In this week's SoCal IP Institute, I [...]
Is it fair to be sued in a jurisdiction where your only contacts are a broadcast? I have been researching personal jurisdiction in Florida as it relates to a podcast. Here are some relevant cases about website: VOLT, LLC v. Volt Lighting Group LLC, 369 F. Supp. 3d 1241 - Dist. Court, MD Florida 2019 [...]
Acquired Game Developers Sue Their Publisher, Over and Over and Over Zampella & West v. Activision In 2010, Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired by Activision. West and Zampella were the co-creators of the Call of Duty franchise. Even by 2010, the series had grossed billions of dollars for Activision. Since then, the games [...]
Protection of intellectual property, rooted in the U.S. Constitution, has been defined and expanded over the years to include patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks. Protection in each of these areas is ever-changing, depending on developments in technology and commerce, enactments of law and policy, and competing private interests. These shifts present both concerns and [...]
From Trademark Disputes to Patent Prosecution Clarity: Insights from Cameo v. OpenAI and the USPTO’s Eligibility Guidance Cameo v. OpenAI Once again, generative AI is making legal headlines for the ever-growing alleged use of intellectual property (”IP”) by AI companies. Over the past year alone, we’ve begun to see a dichotomy in the use of [...]
Patent Trajectory for the Years to Come Please join us on Monday, November 17, 2025, at noon for an open discussion on the current state and future trajectory of patents under the new USPTO Director. We’ll explore how changes at the USPTO are shaping today’s practice and what to expect in the coming years. Jonathan [...]
SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of April 28, 2025 – Recent CAFC decisions regarding AI and Section 101, Basis for Inter Partes Review and Design Patent Infringement The cases are: Recentive v Fox Corp 23-2437.OPINION.4-18-2025_2500790 This case presents the question of patent eligibility of four patents directed to the use of machine learning. The [...]
On Monday, March 3, Marina L. Lang, Partner at SoCal IP Law Group LLP, will lead a discussion about the rise in privacy litigation and how lawyers can prepare their corporate clients for potential claims whilst plaintiffs’ lawyers continue testing out various legal theories against companies that maintain an online presence and, as a result, [...]
Conceptual Weakness Versus Commercial Weakness of Trademarks On Monday, February 24, Chris Kopitzke will lead the discussion about a recent 9th Circuit decision considering work made for hire in a religious setting and termination of copyright transfers. We’ll also examine two 2025 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board appeals that yielded different results based on conceptual [...]