By Perry J. Saidman In the recent opinion Wallace v. Ideavillage Products Corp., the Federal Circuit made even more explicit a trend in recent district court design patent infringement cases to consider both whether the patented…
Functionality Glass is Full Infringement Glass is Completely Empty by Perry Saidman Earlier this year we reported the very good news that the Federal Circuit had done an excellent job in analyzing functionality in the High…
by Perry Saidman The Federal Circuit slipped in its recent opinion in High Point Design v. Meijer et al. involving a design patent on the now infamous “fuzzy slippers”. Although the opinion was non-precedential (2015 WL…
Samsung filed a Petition for Rehearing en banc filed June 17, 2015 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This Petition requests a rehearing by the full court of its original decision of May 18, 2015…
Apple v. Samsung APPEAL DECIDED BY THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT BIG WIN FOR DESIGN PATENTS! Design Patent “Entire Profit” Rule Affirmed Richardson Functionality Analysis Interpreted to Not Require Parsing of “Functional” and Ornamental Features During…
As many of you may know, the U.S. rules regarding the international registration of industrial designs takes effect on May 13, 2015. Following is a brief summary of the features, advantages and disadvantages of this new…
Perry Saidman & Kerry Leonard have co-authored an article entitled “Describing a Design- When Enough is Enough!” that is online in Edison, an open access journal published by the Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office…
The last step for the United States to become a full member of the Hague Union has been taken. For those familiar with the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) used for international utility patent protection, the Hague…
Alexandria, VA – March 12-13, 2015 United States Patent and Trademark Office Presented By: The University of Texas School of Law The United States Patent and Trademark Office George Mason University School of Law TX Credit…
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