Until now, case law has defined an “article of manufacture” solely for purposes of damages in design patent infringement actions. For the first time, a federal court has now interpreted the term “article of manufacture” in...more
One month after the Federal Circuit altered the obviousness standard for design patents in a much-anticipated en banc decision in LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, an Arizona federal judge in Cozy...more
On May 10, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released proposed amendments to the rules of practice to add a new requirement for terminal disclaimers filed to prevent non-statutory double patenting....more