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Infographic | Beer glass design patents

Olartemoure Blog

Design patents allow breweries to safeguard these elements of aesthetic distinction, securing exclusive rights to their innovative designs. Some examples of beer glasses design patents in the US: BEER GLASS US D954,504 S Inventors: Nicolas Brouillac Assignee: PEUGEOT SAVEURS Date of Patent: Jun. Date of Patent: May.

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DABUS Again Denied in the US and the UK, Part II – the Split Decision in the UK

LexBlog IP

While all three judges on the Court of Appeal agreed that an ‘inventor’ under the UK law must be a human being, the fact that DABUS is a machine was not immediately determinative of the outcome. In 2010 he was appointed as a Specialist Circuit Judge sitting in what was then the Patents County Court. PDF 998kB] ).

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Legal Lessons from Holiday Lights: Clarity in Patent Drafting

LexBlog IP

7,784,961 Before sledding into the patent’s technicalities, the inventor of this Christmas cheer utilized a lesser-known path under U.S. ” This broad language leaves room for competitors to sidestep infringement by designing lights for specific tree sizes and/or lights that do not completely cover a tree. patent law.

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The Quest for a Meaningful Threshold of Invention: Atlantic Works v. Brady (1883)

Patently-O

Brady for an improved dredge boat design. It found that Brady’s claimed arrangement would have been obvious to any skilled engineer tasked with designing a dredge boat, given the existing knowledge in the field. Such inventors are worthy of all favor. 593, 654–55 (2010). Kappos , 561 U.S. & Trademark Off.

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Atextual Conditions for Patentability and Stare Decisis

Patently-O

Even if there is no prior art, the USPTO still bars a patentee from obtaining a separate patent claiming an obvious variation of already-issued claims held by the patentee/inventor. 593 (2010). A 1974 patent had disclosed use of a safety circuit and a braking-means. 2016 Decision ]. Kappos , 561 U.S. 35 U.S.C. §

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Software and Business Method Patents - How to Improve Your Chances?

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Many software methods are business method patents designed to make business more efficient. This changed in 2010 with the granting of the Amazon 1-click patent. This is great news for inventors and companies innovating in the field of software, financial, and business methods.

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Making a Proper Determination of Obviousness

Patently-O

For a PHOSITA, a circle within a chip-design drawing may have a particular meaning that would be meaningless to an ordinary reader. 2010) (SCT “directed us to construe the scope of analogous art broadly”); Airbus S.A.S. Master Lock Co., 3d 1231 (Fed. Firepass Corp., 3d 1374 (Fed. Quoting Intel Corp. Qualcomm Inc., 4th 784 (Fed.

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