Patently-O

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

WIPO administers the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. In 2015, the US linked its design patent system with Hague — this gives U.S. designers easier access to global design rights; and non-U.S. design patent system.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 13, 2023

Prior Patently-O coverage of this appeal is available here.) My 2015 article, The Patented Design , was mentioned several times during the argument. In that article, I argued that a design patent’s scope should be limited to the design as applied to a specific type of product. 33 Berkeley Tech.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Sex toys don’t seem to have been added until 2015. Stiffel: invalidated patent on another midcentury modern lamp. Attributed to Jens Risom, 1950s: a daybed can’t get a design patent, would need to flip up and fry an egg. Eric Johnson: have they been successful in pushing others out of the market?

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

So much so that the post-1902 Act regional circuit design patent cases invalidating design patents on functionality grounds would come out oppositely under the Federal Circuit’s lax standards. In 2015, it sought copyright registration of this useful article as a sculptural work. Design Patent No.

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Patently-O

JULY 20, 2023

2023) The Timberland Boot trade dress case is pending before the Fourth Circuit, raising some interesting questions about the role of product trade dress vs design patents vs copyright vs utility patents. Timberland boots were first sold in the 1970s with a unique design that quickly resonated with consumers.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Design Patent No. 13, 2015, which was the design patent asserted in the matter noted above. Thus, instead of physically engraving, molding, or stamping an article with a patent number, a patent owner may mark its article with, for example, “Pat. Design Patent No.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

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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