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How To File A US Design Patent Based On Foreign Priority

Patent Trademark Blog

What is the filing deadline for a US design patent based on a foreign priority application? When it comes to filing related patent applications across different countries, filing dates are critical. A US design patent application must be filed within six months of your foreign priority date.

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No design patents for you!–Extension of Fox Factory Complicates Reliance on Indicia of Non-Obviousness

LexBlog IP

the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s finding that Gamon’s design patents on gravity-fed displays for soup were non-obvious. Fox Factory , said the court, is not limited to assessing secondary considerations of non-obviousness of utility patents, but also applies to design patents. Gamon Plus, Inc. ,

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Proving Printed Publications

Patently-O

Design Patent No. The reexamination examiner agreed with the challenge and issued a final rejection that the claimed design was anticipated by four different prior art references. Not Prior Art : On appeal, the PTAB has reversed — finding that cited references are not prior art at all. 3d 1308 (Fed.

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

Patently-O

Some of the most beloved fixtures of the genre—time machines, faster-than-light space travel, teleportation, downloading memories, copying a consciousness, etcetera—are impossible or not yet possible when described by the author. For similar reasons, science fiction is rarely cited as prior art against later patent filings.

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Ho, Ho, Ho and Fa-La-La-La-La: Christmas Patents

The IP Law Blog

Or, as the patent describes, the parent can secretly pull the cord and turn on the light.) The purpose of this invention, according to the inventors, is to reassure children that their good behavior was rewarded by Santa. But the inventors of this invention came up with a solution, so they must think there is a problem.

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Ho, Ho, Ho and Fa-La-La-La-La: Christmas Patents

LexBlog IP

Or, as the patent describes, the parent can secretly pull the cord and turn on the light.) The purpose of this invention, according to the inventors, is to reassure children that their good behavior was rewarded by Santa. But the inventors of this invention came up with a solution, so they must think there is a problem.

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IP infringement in Metaverse

IIPRD

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. Patent Infringement. In another case of Minskey vs. Liden Research, Inc. ,

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