Inevitable Disclosures

With great sadness we share news of the passing of former Vanguard Award winner and UCI Law Professor Dan Burk on February 4, 2024. He was the Distinguished and Chancellor’s Professor of Law, as well as a founding faculty member of UCI Law and the first Chancellor’s Professor at the Law School. He left a global legacy on issues related to intellectual property, including the areas of patent, copyright, electronic commerce, and biotechnology law. Our hearts go out to his… Read more

The U.S. Copyright Office has published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to update its regulations by adding a new registration option for frequently updated news websites. The proposed rule will enable online news publishers to register a group of updates to a news website as a collective work. The accompanying deposit will be composed of identifying material representing sufficient portions of the works rather than the complete contents of the website. For more information, please click here. Read more

The Copyright Office is adopting a final rule amending the procedures for “smaller claims” proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board. In response to public comments, this final rule modifies a rule published on May 17, 2022. The final rule sets forth regulations governing smaller claims, which are claims seeking damages of $5,000 or less. Relative to standard CCB proceedings, smaller claims involve more limited discovery, optional written submissions, and informal conferences that call for discussion of the evidence and issues presented. The… Read more

Application deadline: March 15, 2024 Each year the IP Section offers attorneys in California an opportunity to contribute to the legal profession by volunteering to serve on its Executive Committee. This gives IP Section members a great opportunity to get more involved with the Section, to network with colleagues, and to work on programs and other projects of interest. Our Executive Committee: communicates recent developments and current issues in IP law and practice to its section membership and facilitates interaction among… Read more

Happy New Year! Bonne Annee!  Feliz Ano Nuevo! I hope that you are settling nicely into the new year. It was good to see a number of you during our December (San Francisco) and January (Mission Peak) hikes.  I will post the next (February) one on LinkedIn.  If we are not connected yet, feel free to send me an invitation. We have a number of webinars in January and February, as well as full day programs in March, May, and… Read more

Each year at the IP Institute, the Section honors outstanding legal professionals in the judiciary, private practice, in-house practice, academia, and public policy advocacy for their contributions to the advancement of intellectual property law. Read more

Larry Maxham – a long-time attendee at IP Section events and programs and an active practitioner of patent and intellectual property law for almost 60 years – passed away on July 15th Read more

Thank you to all who participated in the 2022 IP Institute for making it a huge success. Enjoy these snapshots! Read more

On September 22, 2022, I became the Immediate Past Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section. It was an honor and challenge to serve as the Chair this past year. Read more

On July 7, 2022, Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, issued orders setting the schedule for Director review of the PTAB decisions in OpenSky Industries, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC, IPR2021-01064, Paper 47 (PTAB July 7, 2022) and Patent Quality Assurance, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC, IPR2021-01229, Paper 35 (PTAB July 7, 2022). Read more