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Unfair competition law got anatomical in the Northern District of California with Becton, Dickinson & Co. v. Cytek Biosciences Inc., No. 18-cv-009933-MMC, 2019 WL 633008 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 14, 2019), a case involving two producers of flow cytometry products. Flow cytometry—“powerful, laser-based technology used for identifying and quantifying cellular characteristics on a cell-by-cell basis” (id. at *1 & n.3)—can be used in the diagnosis of blood diseases like leukemia. Read more

On January 28, 2019, Judge William H. Alsup of the Northern District of California dismissed a claim under Section 2 of the Sherman Act brought against Google by stock photography website Dreamstime. Dreamstime.com, LLC v. Google, LLC, No. C 18-01910 WHA, 2019 WL 341579, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2019). Dreamstime’s antitrust claim alleged that Google engaged in various predatory and exclusionary acts, directed at harming Dreamstime, in order to maintain Google’s monopoly position in the relevant market of online search advertising. Read more

FLEXCOM is seeking members who are dedicated to advancing Family Law, and who enjoy hard work in a collegial atmosphere. Read more

Recent Family Law Cases (current through 3/15/19) By: Stephen D. Hamilton, CFLS Read more

The custody evaluation training course is split over two weekends (six days) in May to fully satisfy the 40 hour requirement for Child Custody Evaluation work in the Family Law Courts. Read more

My chair message practically wrote itself this month due to the confluence of several events in March. It also easily let me continue my theme of threes. This month’s subject is the Family Law Executive Committee’s Past, Present and Future. Read more

Did you miss a live IP Section webinar or conference? Listen to recordings of past programs as streaming webinars or downloaded podcasts, and receive the materials and your CLE certificate of attendance. To see what's available, click here and select Intellectual Property Law Section. Read more

The Copyright Office will host its second public modernization webinar on March 28, 2019, at noon eastern time. This webinar will focus on the development of user-centered design principals, such as evaluating how people use and experience online services, to better inform development of future interfaces. Read more

Jeff has been an associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, since 2011, and works primarily on intellectual property litigation in U.S. district courts and appeals at the Federal Circuit. Read more

The Copyright Office recently released a revised draft of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition. This draft proposes changes to the current version of the Compendium, which was released on September 29, 2017. Read more