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Obviousness New Guidance En Banc Review

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness – USPTO Follows Quickly with Guidance

In a highly anticipated decision, the en banc Federal Circuit overruled the longstanding Rosen-Durling test for assessing obviousness of design patents.  The challenged framework, derived from two cases, In re Rosen, 673 F.2d...more

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