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2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

JD Supra Law

Not surprisingly, 2023 was another notable year for design rights around the globe. did we see court decisions that will, in the case of one, and could in the case of another, have significant impact on design patent jurisprudence. However, nowhere more than the U.S. In particular, the U.S.

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2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Global Design Law and Policy: Gains and Setbacks in Protecting Digital and Virtual Designs

JD Supra Law

The outlines of global design protection change regularly, with every year bringing significant updates in at least some major jurisdictions. 2023 saw the near-completion of global adoption of partial design practice (China and Brazil are now there, Australia nearly so).

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2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: U.S. District Courts: Significant Design Patent Cases on District Court Docket in 2023

JD Supra Law

2023 was another busy year for district court decisions! There were patent- and case-dispositive design patent decisions across a range of venues and at a range of case postures, including claim construction rulings, summary judgment decisions, and even multiple jury trials.

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2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: PTAB: Design Patents for GUI Interface Cancelled in AIA Proceedings

JD Supra Law

Two of the three final written decisions rendered in 2023 are notable because they are the first ones to cancel a design patent for a graphical user interface design. D930,702 for an animated graphical user interface, finding the patented design anticipated and. Specifically, the PTAB cancelled Wepay Global Payment’s U.S.

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An Introduction from the Editor - 2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends

JD Supra Law

Not surprisingly, 2023 was another notable year for design rights around the globe. did we see court decisions that will, in the case of one, and could in the case of another, have significant impact on design patent jurisprudence. However, nowhere more than the U.S. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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USPTO Publishes Final Rule Establishing Separate Design Patent Bar

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that a final rule will be published tomorrow, November 16, in the Federal Register implementing a design patent practitioner bar. The Office first published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register in May 2023 contemplating a separate design patent practitioner bar.

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced!

The IPKat

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2023! The winner is: EU Trade Mark Law and Product Protection: A Comparative Analysis of Trade Mark Functionality (Routledge) by Lavinia Brancusi Best Book on Design Law The nominations were: • Australian Design Law and Practice, by Tyrone Berger.