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Public use == “accessible to the public.”

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by Dennis Crouch Bottom line in this new Minerva case — file your patent application before bringing a new product to a trade show. Minerva’s ‘208 patent claims a device for endometrial ablation and includes a 2011 priority filing date. 2007), the Federal Circuit seemed to have ruled that public use requires use.

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How Does One “Use” Flowers?

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The utility patent at issue covers a petunia plant. Here, the Federal Circuit has affirmed that the claims are invalid based upon a pre-filing trade-show display of the ornamental plant — holding that the display counted as a “public use.” The oddity of this utility patent is that it claims an ornamental plant.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

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Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. Design patents are great for new designs that are expected to be sold beyond a single year or season. ” [8].

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

Above the Fold

Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent. Design patents are great for new designs that are expected to be sold beyond a single year or season. 1] 17 U.S.C. §

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

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And, it goes like this–the relevant concept in the United States is that a person shall “ no[t] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” 14 Landslide 30 (No. Wright , 94 U.S. ”); James v. 2d 480 (Fed.