Please join us Monday, January 6, 2025 where we will review two recent ethics decisions published by the State Bar Board of Trustees. The first case (available here) deals with the issue of what are a lawyer’s ethical obligations to engage in succession planning? The second case (available here) deals with the issue of What [...]
Please join us Monday, December 16, 2024 where we will review the Disrupting Implicit Bias course offered by the State Bar of California, followed by a discussion on on implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies in the legal profession. This session will qualify for 1-hour of MCLE for the State Bar of California, [...]
Please join us Monday, December 2, 2024 where we will discuss several ethics topics, including: Signature Requirements and Negative Consequences for Non-Compliance in both Patent and Trademark contexts. Disbarred Attorney Continues to Practice See slide deck Guy Cumberbatch, of counsel to SoCalIP, will lead the discussion.
Patent suits can be like the War of the Roses, or Bleak House. Though most patent suits end pretty quickly, high value cases often pend for a long time. Our firm represents a patent owner in one such suit. Bleak House cover In November 2013, our client Applications in Internet Time, LLC sued [...]
This week our focus is on a critical aspect of patent law, overcoming section 101 rejections for abstract ideas. Section 101 of the Patent Act sets forth the subject matter eligibility requirements for patent protections, and navigating its complexities can be challenging. Today, we delve into five compelling examples of patents that successfully overcame these [...]
Please join us Monday, July 8, 2024 where we will discuss several disparate topics, including: Recovery of Patent Priority Date when an anniversary for US or PCT filing is missed. Do Italian art heritage laws trump EU copyright law? A recent example of using the Better Business Bureau to police the use of the registered [...]
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Part of our regular practice is defending companies that have been sued. Most commonly we defend against claims of patent or trademark infringement, though we also handle copyrights, trade secrets and IP-based contract disputes (e.g., licenses). Through decades of experience we have developed sensible procedures for learning early about new lawsuits against clients, for notifying [...]
Please join us on Monday, September 18, 2023 at Noon , where we will discuss two CAFC decision for Patents: one re: Claim Construction Apple v Corephotonics 22-1350.OPINION.9-11-2023_2188207 and the other regarding Analogous Art Netfix v Divx 22-1138.OPINION.9-11-2023_2188240. Angelo Gaz, of Counsel to SoCalIP, will lead the discussion.
For many years, the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeals Board has been viewed as a Star Chamber which ritually invalidates patents. More recent experience suggests that the PTAB is no longer necessarily a place where patents go to die. Two cases from this summer are the topic of this post. In both cases, the PTAB [...]
