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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? A US design patent application must be filed within six months of your foreign priority date. Individual inventor applicants and academic institutions qualify as small entity for reduced USPTO patent filing fees.

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3 Types of Patents Inventors Need to Know

Larson & Larson

Patents were designed to protect inventions and ideas that are new and non-obvious. With a patent, an inventor can exclude competition by enforcing the patent, license the invention to other parties for royalty payments, sue for damages in the case of infringement, and sell the invention to a third party. Design Patent.

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IP Protection for a GUI – Part 1 of 2: Design Patents

LexBlog IP

Over a hundred years ago, Congress created “design patents” to offer companies a way to protect the “ornamental” features of products. Design patents strike a fair balance in terms of IP protection versus cost. Design patents strike a fair balance in terms of IP protection versus cost.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

Their terms say I own full commercial (note they don’t say “exclusive”) rights to it and can apply for trademark registration for it (through the, naturally, even though they aren’t lawyers and will just copy whatever you provide them into the application and submit it whether it’s appropriate or not).

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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. Campbell comparison of solid-lined portion of claimed design to primary (Linz) reference. In Campbell Soup Co. Gamon Plus, Inc. , 4th 1268 (Fed. 19, 2021) (“ Gamon II ”). ” 10 F.4

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Navigating Intellectual Property In The Era of Quantum Computing

Intepat

This journey is about unlocking the potential of quantum technology while ensuring that inventors and innovators are rightfully recognized and protected. IPR, traditionally designed to protect tangible inventions and creative works, is now faced with accommodating the abstract and often intangible breakthroughs of quantum computing.

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Why Should You Patent Your Invention?

Intepat

It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. Any product, design, or process that does something using a novel methodology or solves an existing technical problem is an invention. Inventors can use patents to establish their businesses.

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