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Build a Consumer Base with Innovation; Protect Sales with Design Patents

IP Watchdog

In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications. The Office has seen a 20% growth in design patent applications over the last five years. It is not hard to understand why inventors are seeking design patent protection at previously unseen levels.

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What is a freedom to operate search and opinion?

LexBlog IP

These companies perform FTO searches to avoid the high cost of re-engineering, significant disruptions in their supply chains, and large amounts of unusable inventory getting locked up with brand/reputation and partnership relations at risk. Damages don’t start for patent infringement until the infringer is on notice.