We will be discussing the following two cases in our weekly meeting on Monday, August 1, 2011. Brief synopses of the two cases are presented below.

TrafficSchool.com, Inc. v. EDriver Inc. (9th Cir. 7/28/2011) (attached)

In an action arising from a very close imitation of the state DMV’s website by a private, commercial website and alleging unfair competition and false advertising, judgment of the district court is affirmed in part and reversed in part where the court held that defendants violated section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1125(a), but rejected plaintiff’s state unfair competition claims with an injunction ordering the defendants to publish a disclaimer on its website, while denying plaintiffs’ monetary relief and attorney’s fees.

General Protecht Gp. (Zh. Dongzheng) v. Leviton Mfg. (Fed. Cir. 7/8/2011) (attached)

In a dispute arising from the grant of a preliminary injunction to enforce a forum selection clause in a settlement agreement, judgment of the district court is affirmed where it correctly determined that the forum selection clause applies to the case and did not abuse its discretion in granting the preliminary injunction.

All are invited to join us in our discussion during the SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 1, 2011 at Noon in our Westlake Village office. This activity is approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit. If you will be joining us, please RSVP to Amanda Jones by 9 am Monday morning.