TC HEARTLAND v. KRAFT: IS THE PATENT PARTY OVER IN MARSHALL, TX?

2017/05/262017/05/26 by Southern California Patents

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After 30 years of legal precedent, the United States Supreme Court has changed patent litigation significantly by reversing a key ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On May 22nd, 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that corporations could only be sued for patent infringement in the…

Virtual Reality Business Actually Sued

2017/05/232017/05/23 by Southern California Patents

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Virtual reality may be the next big step in social media. Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg seems to believe that harnessing this industry could potentially lead to massive gains. In 2014, Facebook bought the company Oculus VR, perhaps to stress the point that it was willing to invest in the virtual…

Legal Implications: Cyberattacks!

2017/05/232017/05/23 by Southern California Patents

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Technological advancements drive us to new frontiers. The internet has opened many new doors for companies, allowing them to grow and succeed in unprecedented ways. However, every major advancement has its share of risk. The weekend of May 13th -14th 2017 marked one of the clearest examples of how vulnerable…

Winning: Victory on Unfair Competition Allegation in 5th Circuit

2017/01/172017/01/17 by Southern California Patents

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On January 11, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans affirmed the winning trial court judgment obtained by Buche & Associates, P.C. on behalf of its client, defendant Pelican Worldwide, Inc. This was the culmination of nearly ten years of legal battle. The case had been pending…

U.S. Supreme Court: Samsung Victory against Apple on Design Patent Damages Award

2016/12/07 by Southern California Patents

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On December 6, 2016, in a unanimous opinion the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s $399 million judgment against Samsung for violating Apple’s design patents, which had awarded Apple damages based on the profits Samsung made in regard to its infringing device as a whole. The Supreme Court…

Featured Client: Charlie Johnson, Fire & Ice

2016/11/092016/11/09 by Southern California Patents

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Congratulations to Charlie Johnson, of Fire&Ice, LLC for getting his kickstarter campaign off and running: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1166293367/fit-roller-ultimate-warm-up-performance-and-recove?ref=2&utm_source=2&utm_medium=2&utm_campaign=launchboom Charlie is a celebrated strength trainer in San Diego who perceived a need, and invented a great improvement over standard foam rollers. His product can readily move from hot to cold, depending on workout…

SunEarth Inc. v SunEarth Solar, et.al.: Easier to Shift Fees in 9th Circuit Trademark Cases

2016/10/27 by Southern California Patents

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October 24, 2016. In the matter of SunEarth, Inc. v. SunEarth Solar, the 9th Circuit has made less stringent the standard to shift fees to an adversary. In the past, appellate courts across the country reviewed fee award standards under the "exceptional" standard, which normally required really bad conduct in litigation or…

Featured Client: Trunktie® finds Success.

2016/10/012016/10/04 by Southern California Patents

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Sometimes simple ideas are the most genius. We would like to congratulate our client, Trunktie, and its CEO and chief inventor, Mitch Cullins, who recently won a prestigious award in his industry of IT cabling. http://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/2016/09/trunktie-innov-16.html?cmpid=Enl_CIM_Innovators_Award_September202016&eid=298048752&bid=1533245 Mitch came up with a brilliant product that simply, and yet elegantly, allows IT…

USPTO: Hard at Hardly Working

2016/09/01 by Southern California Patents

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Wow. The U.S. Office of Inspector General just released a report detailing extensive fraud among patent examiners who were allegedly working from home. The report is detailed here: https://www.oig.doc.gov/Pages/Analysis_of_Patent_Examiners_Time_and_Attendance.aspx The office discovered that for a 15-month period, there were 288,000 hours of time billed to the government that were not…

BREXIT and IP: No Cause for Panic

2016/06/292016/06/29 by Southern California Patents

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There is no cause for IP holders to panic because of BREXIT. At most, the vote may change some international IP filing strategies in the years to come. The June 23, 2016 referendum for Britain to leave the EU should be a slow play as far as IP rights are…

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