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It was 2006. RIM/Blackberry just settled a patent infringement case for $612.5 million. US patent law had been largely stable for decades. The Chinese government was not all in on IP. The US government ran the world’s best patent system, and “Designed in California, Manufactured in China” was the tagline on almost every Apple device. The RIM settlement was…
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (“SJVAPCD”) has tentatively identified sections of Fresno and Bakersfield for Community Monitoring under AB 617. The Staff Report that was presented at at the June 21, 2018 meeting is available online. http://www.valleyair.org/Board_meetings/GB/agenda_minutes/Agenda/2018/June/final/07.pdf These areas, once monitoring results are reviewed, may be subject to enhanced emission controls, monitoring, enforcement and land use controls…
OEHHA has initiated a proposed regulation to attempt to clarify that exposures to Proposition 65 listed chemicals in coffee are created by the roasting of coffee beans and brewing of coffee and the State asserts that it does not pose a significant cancer risk. The proposed language is as follows: ARTICLE 7. NO SIGNIFICANT RISK LEVELS § 25704. Exposures to…
BY CRAIG A. TRISTAO Lawsuits brought by municipalities against the manufacturers of chemicals, including 1,2,3, Trichloropropane, whom the municipalities contend contaminate drinking water could be for naught as a federal jury awards no damages after finding liability for sodium nitrate contamination of groundwater. A recent federal jury decision in an action brought by the City of Pomona against a North…
President Trump’s new head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Andrei Iancu, recently noted that uncertainty about what kinds of innovation are patent-eligible is weakening investment, growth, and jobs in high tech industries: I do worry that the current state of Section 101 in patentable subject matter weakens the robustness of our IP system in the affected…
The Central Valley is not just the agricultural center of California (and the country), and a great place to live and raise a family. It is starting to become a center for tech. It was recently highlighted as a place for VCs to consider investing in “Why You Should Invest in Fresno and the Central Valley” in Venture Beat. Check…
A Crested Macaque named Naruto was just doing his thing on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 2011 when he came across an unattended camera. Though he was only six or seven years old at the time, he decided to do his best Millenial impression and takes some selfies. Shortly thereafter, the wildlife photographer who left the camera unattended,…
Today the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Oil States Energy Services, Inc. v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC. The Court determined that patents are “public rights” subject to evisceration by political appointees. The importance of the decision to innovators is described in the first paragraph of Justice Gorsuch’s dissent (joined by Chief Justice Roberts): As readers of this blog…
There are plenty of “gotchas” that inventors face. We will list some of these in a future post, but this alone should be enough: Simply leaving out a line in the patent application wiped out a patent that E*Trade was allegedly infringing. There will never be a trial on the merits because the lawyers made one mistake that invalidated the…
The Fifth Appellate District affirmed a judgment from a trial court holding that Prop 65’s definition of hazardous chemicals as including substances identified as such by IARC, an agency of the United Nations does not constitute an improper delegation of authority. On method for listing chemicals on the Prop 65 list is whether it is listed as human or animal…