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 [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 24th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Maximilian Schrems v. Facebook Ireland (CJEU 2020) (Case Here) Plaintiff a self described internet activist sued Facebook for violations of the European Data regulations known as the GDPR. Facebook in arguing that it did not violate any [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 17th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: In re Parallel World Brewing Company LLC (TTAB 2020) (Case Here) Applicant Parallel World Brewing Company LLC filed a trademark application for the mark CHRONICLE for “beer”, but was refused in light of another registration of CHRONICLE [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 10th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Tesla v. Rivian (Superior Court Complaint) (Here) Famed auto maker Tesla recently filed a lawsuit against a competitor Rivian. The complaint alleges trade secret-misappropriation and interestingly enough was filed in state court and does not raise an [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 3rd, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC (CAFC 2020) (Here) Fall line appealed the PTAB's decision regarding real party in interest for an IPR proceeding by requesting mandamus review. The Federal Circuit denied to hear the [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 3rd, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC (CAFC 2020) (Here) Fall line appealed the PTAB's decision regarding real party in interest for an IPR proceeding, by requesting mandamus review. The Federal Circuit denied to hear the [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 20th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Packet Intelligence LLC v. NetScout Systems, Inc. (CAFC 2020) (Here) Packet Intelligence sued NetScout for patent infringement of three patents related to software. A jury sided with Packet Intelligence and awarded damages. On appeal the Federal Circuit [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 13th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases and topics: The United States Patent & Trademark Office announced new fast track program. The new program appears to be similar to the USPTO's Track I application program, except now applied to appeals. We will discuss a [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 6th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) v. Booking.Com B.V. 10658 (Supreme Court)(available here) The USPTO had an almost blanket rule that adding .com to a generic trademark term still renders the generic.com mark generic. When Bookings.com [...]