In today’s competitive market, the visual appeal and unique ornamental design of a product can be as crucial to its success as its name or functionality. Protecting the distinctive look and feel of ...
LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC has brought attention to the ongoing debate surrounding design patent law, particularly with respect to the Rosen-Durling test for design patent ...
“[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 ...
In May, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in 'LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations', which marks a significant shift away from the prior and more rigid 'Rosen-Durling test', toward a more ...
A small Cleveland-based software company has won the right to a wide-ranging patent that covers online testing, in a move that could have broad ramifications for Internet testing businesses. But ...
Judges focused on whether or not to maintain the point of novelty test for determining design patent infringement in last month's hearing in Egyptian Goddess v Swisa Judges focused on whether or not ...
The Federal Circuit last month threw out the established test for design patent infringement in the US in what many are heralding as a long overdue shift in the design patent landscape Last month's ...
In the most recent episode of IP Innovators, host Steve Brachmann sits down with Stephanie Curcio, CEO and co-founder of NLPatent, to unpack how AI is reshaping prosecution, search, and the overall ...