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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

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Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Section 4.4.2 2014)??(?)???2815?).

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

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Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Section 4.4.2

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It’s Not Going to Be (Y)easy: What Happens when Business Collaborations Dissolve?

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(“Mascotte”), owns a portfolio of 160 trademark applications in the US connected to the “Yeezy” brand, Adidas solely owns all design rights to existing products, as well as previous and new colorways under the partnership. A licensing agreement between Mascotte and Adidas exists for the “Yeezy” trademarks.

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Guest Post: Design Protection and Functionality: Does the PTO or the Copyright Office Apply a More Rubbery Stamp?

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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. Universal Robots then filed a design application for the UR5 in January 2020. Design Patent No.

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From Fruit to Fortune: Apple’s Trademark Journey and Their Fierce Protection Strategy

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Patent and Trademark Office recognized that this distinctive glass store design sets Apple stores apart from other retail establishments. To comprehensively protect its store designs, Apple has also secured design patents for the glass panels of the building and the staircase design.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. In 2016, Dawgs added new asserted counterclaims against Crocs, including a claim for false advertising under the Lanham Act. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Guest Post by Prof. Hrdy & Dan Brean: The Patent Law Origins of Science Fiction

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To support his business, he initially published catalogs for mail-order electrical components, but the catalogs soon morphed into full-sized magazines with titles like “Modern Electrics, ” marketed to inventors and amateur “tinkerers.” University of Minnesota Press 2016). Hugo Gernsback, The Perversity of Things , Grant Wythoff ed.