For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 29th, 2019, we will discuss the Federal and State regulations of trademarks related to the Cannabis industry. To facilitate the discussion we will use the following materials: California Guidance (here) California Code of Regulations, Title 17 Chapter 13 (here) USPTO Guidance (here) In re Canopy [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 22nd, 2019, we will discuss the following case. Grasshopper House, LLC v. Clean & Sober Media LLC (C.D. Cal. 2019) Plaintiff and defendant were both involved in the business of rehab clinics. Defendant's clinic was accused of posting false internet reviews regarding plaintiff's clinic, in [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 15th, 2019, we will discuss the following case. Spireas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (3d Cir. 2018) Spireas earned $40 million in royalties from licensed technology from 2007-2008. Royalties paid under a license agreement are generally taxed as ordinary income at 35 percent. Spireas claimed [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 1st, 2019, we will discuss the recent Supreme Court decision Iancu v. Brunetti. Erik Brunetti sought federal registration of the trademark FUCT. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) denied the application under 15 U. S. C. §1052(a) of the Lanham act which prohibits registration of [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 24th, 2019, we are pleased to welcome our guest speaker Thomas Neches. Thomas Neches, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CFE, shares his thirty-four years of trial testimony experience in a discussion of a patent infringement case in which he recently testified as plaintiff's damages expert in USDC Santa [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 3rd, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: AVX Corp. v. Presidio Components, Inc, (CAFC May 13th 2019) (Available Here). Presidio and AVX both produce ceramic capacitor components. AVX petitioned the USPTO for IPR review of several patents owned by Presidio. the Patent Office granted [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, May 13th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: Swagway v Segway and ITC., (CAFC May 9th 2019) (Available Here). Segway sued Swagway for trademark infringement on two marks related to "motorized, self-propelled, wheeled personal mobility devices, namely, wheelchairs, scooters, utility carts, and chariots". Swagway argued [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, May 6th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: In re Paul Morinville., (CAFC April 29th 2019) (Available Here). An inventor filed a patent application for "Systems and methods for dynamically and selectively generating a hierarchical functional organization". The PTAB rejected the claims under 35 U.S.C. [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 22nd, 2019, we will have a round table discussion on the Music Modernization Act. To facilitate the discussion we will be going over The Federal Register (here) The Bill itself (here) A report by the Copyright Office (here) A pamphlet from the Copyright Office (here) [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 8th, 2019, Chris Kopitzke will report on the “Trademark Office Comes to California” program that she attended in Los Angeles this week. The attached materials cover some key changes in the works that will affect trademark practitioners, as well as advanced practice tips from the [...]