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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, December 3, 2018, we will discuss the following cases: DBN Holdings v. International Trade Commission (CAFC November 27, 2018 available here). DBN Holding, Inc. and BDN LLC appealed a decision from the International Trade Commission, which denied a petition to rescind or modify a civil penalty [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 25, 2018, we will discuss the following cases: Ancora Technologies, Inc. v. HTC America (TTAB November 16, 2018 available here). Ancora sued HTC on a patent related to limiting a computer's ability to run unauthorized software. The district court ruled the patent was ineligible under [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 29, 2018, we will discuss the following cases: Roche Molecular v. Cepheid (CAFC October 9, 2018 available here). Roche held patent 5,643,723 entitled “Detection of a Genetic Locus Encoding Resistance to Rifampin in Microbacterial Cultures and in Clinical Specimens.” The district court, found the patent was directed [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 22, 2018, we will discuss the following cases: Yeda Research v. Mylan Pharm (CAFC October 12, 2018 available here). Yeda was assigned 3 patents relating to the treatment of multiple sclerosis using the drug Copaxone. ('250, '413, and '302). The patents were all invalidated during [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 15, 2018, we will discuss the following cases: Data Engine Techs. LLC v. Google LLC (CAFC October 9, 2018 available here). Data Engine Tech asserted 4 patents (5,590,259), (5,784,545), (5,303,146) and (6,282,551) against Google. The district court ruled all 4 patents were invalid under 101 [...]