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 [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 28th, 2020 we will discuss the following case and topics: In re Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises, LLC, 2020 U.S.P.Q.2d 10658 (T.T.A.B.2020)(available here) Stanley Brothers applied for a federal trademark registration for a product containing CBD. The USPTO rejected the application arguing that to receive a [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 22nd, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Medinol Ltd. v. Cordis Corp. (CAFC 2020)(available here) FRCP 60(b) allows a party to request a district court to reconsider a court order. The rule is very useful and interestingly enough does not contain a firm deadline [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 15th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Microspherix LLC (CAFC 2020)(available here) Merck filed three IPRs against patents for an implantable contraceptive owned by Microspherix. The board instituted IPR review, but found the patents valid. An important issue [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 8th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Brown v. Google (N.D. Cal 2020)(available here) Several plaintiffs have brought forward a class action lawsuit against Google. The complaint alleges that when users used Google's incognito feature, they were assured Google would not collect and track [...]