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 [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 1st, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: People v. Dak Steiert and Intelligent Patent Services, LLC , (Colo. 2/6/2019)(Available Here). Mr. Dak Steiert opened a law firm in Colorado offering to represent clients before the USPTO. The firm hired patent attorneys by contract, but [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 25th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: Falk Pharma Gmbh v. Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (CAFC February 8 2019)(Available Here). Falk Pharma sued Salix Pharmaceuticals for trademark infringement. The litigation resulted in three appeals, defendant motioned to disqualify plaintiff’s law firm in all three appeals. [...]
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" [...]
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, [...]