Utility patents are for functional inventions. Design patents protect the look of something functional, regardless of whether the functional aspects are new. Because of this, a popular use of design ...

The future is only redesigned every so often, so it is worth asking, what will this new technology look like, and how can pioneers protect their user-facing innovations that will define this emerging ...

The USPTO has prepared soon to be published supplemental guidance for design patent examination for computer-generated electronic images. This guidance relates to determining whether a design patent ...

In the latest episode of IP Practice Vlogs, it’s time for another design patent practical exercise. We previously did a design exercise on patenting Apple’s AirPods. This time we are going to patent ...

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 ‘more flexible approach’ adopted this week will unquestionably give [design patent] challengers more latitude to argue that prior art warrants a finding of obviousness.” Applications for design ...

Jun-yan Wu of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices explains that the key changes concern design patent protection, with a particular eye on digital developments, and dispute resolution The ...