JD Supra Law
JUNE 28, 2022
the Federal Circuit held that a catheter insertion design patent was invalid because the claimed design was offered for sale more than a year before the design patent application was filed. Medical Components, Inc., By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
(“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. Adidas reportedly intends to take advantage of its design rights by selling the Yeezy sneakers using its own branding.
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The IPKat
JANUARY 13, 2022
Tokenization of IP In a nutshell, "tokenization" means using a smart contract (i.e., The process of creating a digital asset with a smart contract is called "minting". The result is that the smart contract allows you to represent any IP, e.g., trademarks, designs, patents or copyrights, with a token.
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Design Patent No. D450,839 looks like a set of clown feet (image below), but, in actuality it covers “the ornamental design for a handle for introducer sheath” and is used as part of a medical catheter kit. The parties agree that the products described in the letter embody the design that was later patented.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 6, 2023
Cannabis remains federally illegal and thus, attempts to enforce patents against competitors in federal court were doomed to fail under the illegality doctrine. For example, a contract used to hire thieves to rob a bank couldn’t be enforced by a court of law for the purpose of robbing the bank. 2:21-cv-08756-JWH-SHK, ECF No.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
On February 05, 2022, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that China had joined the Hague International Design System (the Hague System) that allows registering up to 100 designs in 94 countries through one international application. [1] 1] See [link]. [2] 2] See , [link].
43(B)log
AUGUST 10, 2021
6, 2021) (R&R) Shenzhen sought a declaratory judgment that a design patent for a toy gnome figurine was unenforceable and invalid, given that defendant/counter-plaintiff Tatiana Mironova allegedly purchased its stuffed gnome toys, then switched manufacturers and obtained a patent for an identical ornamental design without authorization.
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