For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 18th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases:
Nautilus, Incorporated v. ICON Health & Fitness, (5th Cir. February 22, 2019)(Available Here) Plaintiff exercise bike company sued a competitor for breach of contract when Defendant stopped paying royalty payments. At issue was what the term “product” in […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 11th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases:
Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com (U.S. March 4, 2019)(Available Here) Fourth Estate licensed articles to Wall-Street.com. The license was eventually cancelled, but Wall-Street kept the articles on its website. Fourth Estate sued for copyright infringement, but […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 4th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. General Electric Company (CAFC February 26, 2019)(Available Here) The University of Florida sued General Electric for patent infringement on a patent for Managing Critical Care Physiologic Data Using Data Synthesis Technology […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, February 25th , 2019, we will discuss the following cases:
Boost Beauty v. Woo Signatures (CD Cal February 11, 2019)(Available Here) Plaintiff and defendant both produced cosmetic products. Defendant used Plaintiff’s mark in an ad campaign by purchasing AdWords containing the mark. Plaintiff sued defendant for among […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, February 11th , 2019, we will discuss the following cases:
In re DePorter (TTAB January 29, 2019 here) Applicant applied for the mark #MAGICNUMBER108 to be used with clothing. The Trademark Office rejected the application arguing the mark failed to function as a trademark. The TTAB affirmed the refusal to register. […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, February 4th , 2019, we will discuss the following cases:
Barry v. Medtronic, Inc (CAFC January 24, 2019 here) Dr. Mark Barry filed and owned two patents (7,670,358 and 8,361,121) related to scoliosis surgery. He sued Medtronic at the district court level, and a jury found several claims infringed. Medtronic […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, January 28, 2018, we will discuss the following cases:
Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc (U.S. January 22, 2019 here) Helsinn developed a treatment for nausea and applied for a patent on it. However, during development of the drug, Helsinn entered into two agreements with other […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, January 7, 2018, we will discuss the following cases:
Philpot v. Alternet Media (N.D. Cal November 30, 2018 here) Defendant posted a picture of Willie Nelson with text on a Facebook page. Plaintiff photographer sued defendant for Copyright Infringement. Defendant motioned to dismiss for failure to state a […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, December 17, 2018, we will discuss the following cases:
Laerdal Medical Corp. v. ITC (CAFC December 7th, 2018 here). Laerdal appealed from a U.S. International Trade Commission’s final determination denying Laerdal relief based on claims of trade dress infringement against defaulting respondents. The ITC investigated the defaulting parties, but […]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, December 10, 2018, we will discuss the following cases:
Close v. Sotheby’s, Inc (9th Circuit December 3, 2018 available here). In a previous litigation, the court held plaintiff’s claim for resale royalties under the CRRA were expressly preempted by the 1976 Copyright Act, and affirmed the dismissal of claims involving […]