Demand for design patent protections has been increasing in the last decade, and there is no indication that this trend will slow down. James Rieke, partner at Merchant & Gould, spoke to Minnesota ...
“Two recent Federal Circuit decisions highlight the importance of the words in the title and claims of a design patent when seeking and enforcing a patent.” Is the scope of a design patent determined ...
Design patents, like utility patents, are required to comply with a requirement that an applicant's design is non-obvious. 35 U.S.C. §§103, 171. But design patents protect the non-functional aspects ...
“Design patents have a unique value within online markets where pictures of products—i.e., ornamental appearances—are ubiquitous and many different groups may be engaged in infringing activities in ...
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