The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s recent decision on an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to limit prior art for design patent applications to only analogous fields may make it easier for...more
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision to dismiss a claim for design patent infringement raises the importance of the specification in design patents.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently decided an...more
Applicants for design patents should consider claiming functional aspects of their designs in addition to the purely ornamental elements as part of their claiming strategy to achieve the broadest protection for their designs....more