Intellectual Property Law
New Matter FALL 2015 Volume 40, Number 3
Content
- Report of the Delegation of the intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California to Washington, D.C. April 20-22, 2015
- Trademark Interest Group
- International Interest Group
- Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group
- Letter from the Chair
- Ninth Circuit Report
- The Role of Design Patents, Copyright and Trade Dress in Protecting the Next Generation of inventions
- Case Comments
- Patent Interest Group
- Patent Trolling in the Wake of the Octane Fitness Case
- Contents
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- The Licensing Corner
- International Ip Developments
- Licensing Interest Group
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2014-2015
- Litigation Interest Group
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2014-2015
- 2015 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Copyright Interest Group
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Trade Secrets Interest Group
- Finding a Place for Mallinckrodt and Conditional Sales in the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine: Will "Lex" Mark the Spot?
LITIGATION INTEREST GROUP
The Litigation Interest Group spans all the substantive IP law issues, with a focus on advocacy and presentation of those issues before various administrative and judicial forums. We hold quarterly business meetings to allow full participation by interested IG members and put on we-binar programs either separately or in conjunction with other interest groups. The Litigation Interest Group will sponsor a webinar midyear for all Section members on "Patent Disputes—Early Knockout Blows at the PTAB and in Court." The program will focus on early strategies in both federal court and PTAB proceedings to block adversaries. Motions to dismiss in federal court and refusals by the PTAB to allow institution of proceedings will be explored.
The IG’s April program featured retired judge and JAMS mediator, James Kleinberg. He spoke on "70 (or so) Courtroom Tips and Tools."
CHAIR: Robert W. Payne — payne@bobpayne.com
CO-CHAIR: Philip C. Samouris — samouris@higgslaw.com
PROGRAMMING CHAIR: Anne-Marie Dao — adao@micleangleason.com