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The Legacy of A.B. Dick and Motion Picture Patents: How these 100+ Year Old Ruling Reshaped Patent Law

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as a major turning point in American patent and antitrust law. The Court’s 4-3 decision favored the patentee and allowed the patent owner to place restrictions on the use of its patented product even after sale. Just a few years later, the Supreme Court reversed course in Motion Picture Patents Co.

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When Is Trade Secret Protection the Right Choice?

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Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services.

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What do dashed lines in a design patent mean?

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What is the meaning of broken or dashed lines in a design patent? While I’m not sure if you can call it a loophole, US design patents enable a particular option in the drawings that can potentially broaden protection. In a US design patent, the claimed design comprises what is drawn in solid lines.

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China Accedes to the Hague Convention and Now Allows for International Design Filings

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On February 5, 2022, China acceded to Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. Inventors in China will thus be able to use the International Design System to file and protect their designs overseas with one procedure which will help them save time and money.

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What happens if your patent is rejected?

Patent Trademark Blog

Will your patent be rejected? Yes for utility, and probably not for design. Here are statistics on whether your patent will be rejected. A nonprovisional utility patent application has a roughly 90% probability of at least one rejection. A design patent application has an approximately 86% chance of approval.

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China Accedes to the Hague Convention and Now Allows for International Design Filings

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On February 5, 2022, China acceded to Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. Inventors in China will thus be able to use the International Design System to file and protect their designs overseas with one procedure which will help them save time and money.

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A present assignment of future continuation applications

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ITC , the Federal Circuit has affirmed determinations by the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) favoring the patent holder Universal Electronics, Inc. The most interesting part of the case for me is the assignment issue – whether the patents had been properly assigned at the appropriate time. Universal”).