Summer Associate Michael Nathanson also contributed to this article. Since the inception of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) in 2012, design patents obtained a higher rate of favorable ...
On January 23, 2016, Applicant Bonnie Floyd filed a utility patent application claiming a cooling blanket with ventilated openings along a matrix of sealed compartments. The utility application ...
The number of granted design patents has tripled over the past 10 years. To find out why — and how design patents are being used to secure value for innovative products — Bruce Berman interviews IP ...
An en banc panel of the Federal Circuit will soon decide whether to amend its long-standing framework for assessing design patent obviousness, known as the 'Rosen-Durling' test. The forthcoming ...
The USPTO issued new guidelines for determining obviousness in utility patent applications in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in KSR v. Teleflex. In it's announcement, the office also ...
“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...
Firms will steer clients towards other ways of getting quicker examinations, but fear the ramifications of the USPTO’s decision Frustrations are boiling over after the USPTO ended a programme that had ...
CAC requires entity responsibilities for personal data collection by apps. In a dispute case involving infringement of a utility model or design patent, the people’s court may require the plaintiff to ...
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