For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 23, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Oakley, Inc. v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A. (NDIL 2020) (Case Here) (Complaint here) The District court in the Northern District of Illinois granted plaintiff's ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order. [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 16, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: In Re Zoom Communications Inc. (FTC 2020) (Case Here) Zoom recently entered into a settlement agreement with the FTC. The FTC alleged that Zoom advertised certain security measures and features that were not actually in the product [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 9, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Valeant Pharmaceuticals v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals (Fed. Cir. 2020)(Case Here) This case further defines the scope of proper venue regarding patent cases. Said the court "TC Heartland raised more questions than it answered; we and district courts around [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 2, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: In Re Nitro Fluids LLC (CAFC 2020) (Case Here) Nitro Fluids petitioned for mandamus review, the Federal Circuit granted in part and denied in part the decision. Interestingly, the Federal Circuit did not order transfer as the [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 19, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Doc Antle v.Carole Baskin (WIPO 2014) (Case Here) Defendant obtained a domain name allegedly owned by one of the "Tiger King's" Businesses. Tiger King sued and tried to get the domain name using trademark law. WIPO sided [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 19, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: St. Jude Medical, LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC  (CAFC 2020) (Case Here) Snyders obtained a patent on a heart valve technology and sued St. Jude for patent infringement. St Jude then filed an IPR proceeding at [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 12, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Ex parte Lebovich (PTAB 2020) (Case Here) A patent applicant applied for a patent on an invention relating to a packaged food assembly. The patent examiner rejected the claims making a prima facie case for obviousness. On [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 5, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: RPX v. AIT (CAFC 2020) (Case Here) RPX ran a business in which it would legally challenge patents for its subscribers. Salesforce was eventually sued for patent infringement but did not file an IPR against asserted patents [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, September 21, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Corbello v. Valli (9th Cir. 2020) (Case Here) The 9th circuit denied copyright protection to an assertion of fact. Said the court "It is [a] feature of copyright law, not a bug or anomaly, that an author [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, September 14th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Corbello v. Valli (9th Cir. 2020) (Case Here) The 9th Circuit held that a state right of publicity claim was preempted by the copyright act.  In the underlying case, acclaimed rapper 50 cent sued another rapper for [...]