SoCal IP Law Institute

SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of November 14, 2022 – Video of 4th Amendment Rights at Border Searches.

SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of November 14, 2022 – Video of 4th Amendment Rights at Border Searches. Please join us on Monday, November 14, 2022 at Noon, where we will enjoy and discuss a video regarding of 4th Amendment Rights at Border Searches. The video is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q55LhJ6uhPQ&list=PLBKE2MjTT5GQ8YbIxJeJyE1img5LYOR_s&index=20. There may be some interesting [...]

By Angelo Gaz|2022-11-14T02:27:15-08:00November 14th, 2022|Right of Privacy|0 Comments

SoCalIP Law Institute Weekly Meeting – November 7, 2022 – Circuit Conflict over Trade Dress and Parody vs State Police Power Immunity

Please join us on Monday, November 7, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the following: Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Co., 988 F.3d 174 (2d Cir. 2021) (decision here) - A&N petitions the Supreme Court for cert based on a final judgment and permanent injunction by the 2nd Circuit on TM [...]

By Guy Cumberbatch|2022-11-03T11:31:33-07:00November 3rd, 2022|Trade Dress, Trademark, Counterfeit, Functionality, First Amendment|0 Comments

How to use PatentBots, Monday 10/31 at 12 noon

Please join us Monday 10/31 at 12 noon for an overview of key features of patent tools available from PatentBots. www.patentbots.com

By Mark A. Goldstein|2022-10-31T11:02:04-07:00October 28th, 2022|Patent, Prosecution|0 Comments

IPR Procedure: motion to exclude evidence, and motion to terminate

Two cases of interest in IPR practice, Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc., and Polaris Innovations, Ltd. v. Brent. Both of these are precedential opinions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.In Provisur, the PTAB invalidated claims directed to classifying slices or a portion cut from a food product according to an optical [...]

By Steven C. Sereboff|2022-10-23T22:08:52-07:00October 23rd, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments

NFT Fraud Detection with Doppel

Please join us on Monday, October 3 at 12:00 pm, where Doppel, the market leader for NFT brand protection, will provide a live demo hosted by Kevin Tian, Co-founder and CEO. Doppel works with the largest consumer and web3 brands (Dapper Labs, Azra Games, Moonbirds, etc.), and their real-time, AI-powered monitoring platform automates detection and [...]

By SoCal IP|2022-09-30T15:23:54-07:00September 30th, 2022|Ethics|0 Comments

Tips on Avoiding Ethical Riptides in Your IP Practice

On Monday, September 19, we will watch a video replay of a program presented by the Intellectual Property Section of the California Lawyers Association at the Section’s Annual IP Institute in 2021. The program has been approved for one hour of self-study Legal Ethics credit. Drawing from their extensive experience and expertise in advising law [...]

By Mark A. Goldstein|2022-09-15T13:20:39-07:00September 15th, 2022|Ethics|0 Comments

Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Yoga Icon Lululemon in a Reverse Trademark Confusion Case over their Align Pants

Vancouver-based Lululemon ("Lulu"), founded in 1998, is famously known for their boujee yoga-inspired activewear. Industry competitor Aliign Activation Wear (“Aliign”) filed suit against Lulu in the Central District of California back in mid-2020, primarily alleging that Lulu was infringing its Aliign trademark, which Aliign said it has been using since 2011. You see, Lulu rolled [...]

By SoCal IP|2022-08-23T16:45:36-07:00August 23rd, 2022|Claim Construction, Noninfringement, Uncategorized, Reissue, Venue|0 Comments

SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of August 15, 2022 – CAFC re: Recapture During a Broadening Reissue; and CAFC re: Expert Witnesses and Obviousness

SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of August 15, 2022 - CAFC re: Recapture During a Broadening Reissue; and CAFC re: Expert Witnesses and Obviousness. Please join us on Monday, August 15, 2022 at Noon , where we will discuss CAFC re: Recapture During a Broadening Reissue; and CAFC re: Expert Witnesses and Obviousness. For [...]

By Angelo Gaz|2022-08-12T19:51:48-07:00August 12th, 2022|Obviousness, Inter Partes Review, patentability, Prosecution Appeal, Proseuction Laches, Reissue, Statutory Subject Matter, Invalidity|0 Comments

SoCalIP Law Institute Weekly Meeting – August 8, 2022 – Inherency of Negative Claim terms and Trade Dress in the 5th Circuit

Please join us on Monday, August 8, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the following: Novartis Pharm. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., 38 F.4th 1013 (Fed. Cir. 2022) (rehearing decision here) - Novartis prevailed in the 5th Circuit on the validity of its claims under the Written Description Requirement based on a negative [...]

By Guy Cumberbatch|2022-08-02T16:49:40-07:00August 2nd, 2022|Acquired Distinctiveness, Patent, Standing, Trade Dress, Trademark, Written Description, Claim Construction, Invalidity|0 Comments

Less Whack in Waco; Echos of 2015

Summer time and the living is easy, so I’m a bit delayed in this week’s post. Apologies. In this week’s post, I highlight shifts in the patent litigation environment in Texas. The Eastern District of Texas, especially Marshall and Tyler, used to be the top venue choice for patent owners who wanted a fast path [...]

By Steven C. Sereboff|2022-07-30T08:01:13-07:00July 30th, 2022|Uncategorized, Reissue, Venue, Claim Construction, Noninfringement|0 Comments