Suppose you have a design for an ornamental appearance of an article and start producing the article. Subsequently, you receive notice from an owner of a design patent that you are infringing their ...

Law Clerk Sam Finkel contributed to this article. Reissue applications are often filed to pursue claim scope different from the original patent. For utility applications, this may mean revising or ...

A registered community design, often referred to as an "RCD," is the European equivalent to a U.S. design patent. Similar to a U.S. design patent, an RCD only protects the ornamental or outward ...

“We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the ...

“[O]ur elimination of the rigid Rosen-Durling test is compelled by both the statute and Supreme Court precedent.” – CAFC opinion But in June 2023, the court granted an increasingly rare en banc review ...

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 Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court has confirmed that a design’s overall appearance should be considered when determining its eligibility for patent protection, report ...

Ram has officially secured a U.S. design patent for the Rampage, its midsize pickup currently sold outside the United States. The patent, granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (hat tip to ...

AMES, Iowa – Ling Zhang wasn’t sure what to expect when shopping for a nursing bra. Prior to welcoming her first child in 2012, Zhang spent five years working as a professional bra designer in New ...

Back in October, Toyota was present at the Japan Mobility Show and graced the event's floor with a series of concept vehicles, illustrating the variety of mobility solutions for all needs and ...

Google has filed for a patent describing a battery design that could make future phones easier to repair without compromising their features.