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How to Challenge a Design Patent Application

Patent Trademark Blog

Mission Impossible: Can you block a design patent application? Design patent applications are not publicly viewable. It can be nearly impossible to figure out what design patent applications are pending. Suppose your competitor indicates that their product is patent-pending. This will be tricky.

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CAFC Affirms Obviousness of Memory Cell Design Patents Over Dyk Dissent

IP Watchdog

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a pair of final written decisions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidating patent claims owned by Monterey Research and covering improved static random access memory (SRAM) cell designs. On October 26, a panel majority of the U.S.

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Top 3 Ways to Defend Patent Infringement Claims

Patent Trademark Blog

How do you defend a patent infringement claim? Accusations of patent infringement should be taken seriously. Whether they are asserted in the form of cease-and-desist letter or an Amazon patent violation, an accused infringer needs to gauge the seriousness of the problem. Do the accused products infringe the asserted patent?

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Differences Noticeable to “General Consumers” May Be Considered “Significant Differences” Which Render the Design Patentable Over Prior Designs

LexBlog IP

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) maintained the validity of Chinese design patent No. the ’645 patent) in an invalidation proceeding. [1] the ’645 patent) in an invalidation proceeding. [1] 48204, see.

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TMSR Session 2: Administrative Agencies and Specialized Courts

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Introduction: Robert Burrell IP Australia exerts extraordinary control over legislative agenda; if you can persuade IP Au. IP Australia also regulates patent & TM attorneys through professional standards board domination. The business of the PTO is granting patents/TM.