Intellectual Property Law

Valid priority claims are key to patent validity. Unfortunately, claiming priority is often taken for granted. Sometimes, applicants do not take proper steps to ensure ownership and transfer of the right of priority, both of which are critical for a valid priority claim. To avoid pitfalls in transfers of the right of priority, practitioners should keep in mind that different countries may have different legal requirements. Read more

Will you be attending the 44th IP Institute in Las Vegas? Are you interested in intellectual property in the cannabis industry? If so, please join us for a nightcap networking mixer at Parasol Down bar in the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas on Friday, November 15, 2019, at 8:30 p.m. after the Vanguard Awards. Read more

Please join members of the CLA IP Section for our Fall Networking Mix & Mingle on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 6:00 p.m.! Read more

IP Without Borders at the Wynn, Las Vegas Earn Up to 12.5 Hours of CLE Credit; Includes Legal Ethics, Competency Issues and Recognition and Elimination Of Bias In The Legal Profession and Society Thursday-Saturday, November 14-16, 2019 Wynn Las Vegas3131 S Las Vegas BlvdLas Vegas, NV 89109 Onsite Registration Available! Schedule | Essential Info | Hotel Info | Chair's Message | Vanguard Awards | Sponsors | Full Brochure Letter from the Chair The practice of intellectual property law is global… Read more

The webinar will focus on issues concerning the registration of trademarks associated with the sale of various alcoholic beverages, as well as service marks regarding services involving the sale of alcoholic beverages. The webinar will assess the potential for consumer confusion, as well as issues regarding descriptiveness, geographic descriptiveness, genericness, trade dress, and consent agreements when seeking to register a mark used in connection with alcoholic beverages. Read more

This webinar will provide an overview of the PTAB Trial Practice Guide Update (published on July 15, 2019), discuss recent developments in IPR practice before the PTAB, and offer some practice tips. Specifically, the discussion will focus on issues relating to multiple petitions, claim construction, and testimonial evidence. Read more

Is the Marketing department’s lackadaisical attitude towards external communication keeping you up at night? This webinar will cover the do’s and don’ts of communicating with your business’ customers via email, texts, telephone calls (including call recording), social media, and push notifications. Ed Chansky of Greenber Traurig, LLP will address various compliance regimes, such as CAN-SPAM, TCPA, FTC guidelines, Do-not-call, social media platform rules, and state telemarketing registration laws. Read more

About the IP Institute The Intellectual Property (“IP”) Law Section of the California Lawyers Association will host its 44th Annual IP Institute November 14-16, 2019, at the Wynn Las Vegas in Nevada. One of the nation’s premier IP conferences, offering access to top industry leaders, the IP Institute covers a wide range of cutting-edge and compelling topics of intellectual property law, and features our popular IP Vanguard Awards event. The Institute is attended by members of both large and small… Read more

Whether you need something to listen to for your workout or your commute, the Intellectual Property Section has a new podcast arriving in October. Intangible Assets, the official podcast of the IP section, is hosted by David Lizerbram of David Lizerbram & Associates. David is a Business Law Strategist, an active IP Section member, and the host of Products of the Mind, a #1 ranked podcast. Read more

The challenge of enforcing brands online is ever-evolving. In Europe there have been recent developments on both the mechanisms for doing so (ordering ISPs to block websites) and in the rules about which courts have jurisdiction when relying on EU trademarks. Meanwhile, there are open questions before Europe's highest court about the validity (or otherwise) of exhaustive recitations of goods/services. Read more