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Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In a highly anticipated en banc decision, the Federal Circuit has overruled the longstanding Rosen-Durling test for assessing obviousness of design patents. Rejecting the argument that KSR did not implicate design patent obviousness, the court reasoned that 35 U.S.C. § GM Global Tech. Operations LLC , No. at 15 (Fed.

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Federal Circuit Takes Judicial Notice of Wayback Machine Evidence of Prior Art

IP Intelligence

Ironburg Inventions Ltd. , For patent challengers, the Wayback Machine is a useful tool for finding prior-art printed publications that potentially invalidate asserted patents. One of Valve’s primary prior-art references was “a printed copy of an online review of an Xbox 360 controller.” Ironburg Inventions, Ltd. ,

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Federal Circuit Takes Judicial Notice of Wayback Machine Evidence of Prior Art

LexBlog IP

Ironburg Inventions Ltd. , For patent challengers, the Wayback Machine is a useful tool for finding prior-art printed publications that potentially invalidate asserted patents. One of Valve’s primary prior-art references was “a printed copy of an online review of an Xbox 360 controller.” In its Aug.

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Software Piracy Triggers Innovation, Research Finds

TorrentFreak

This idea is supported by a new working paper published by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Its introduction in 2001 was sudden, the technology is ideally suited for software piracy, and it wasn’t notably interrupted during the sample period which ends in 2007. Patent and Trademark Office. What About Revenue.

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Egglife Foods Sues Crepini, LLC for Alleged Trade Dress Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Introduced in 2019, founder Peggy Johns claims to have invented egglife egg white wraps, using a now patented method ( U.S. The Defendant, Crepini, LLC (“Crepini”), was apparently founded in 2007 with “the dream of bringing crepes into every North American household.” 10,194,669 ).

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Secrets in the Pitlanes : Navigating IPR In Formula 1

IIPRD

The following article focuses on the challenges of enforcing patent rights and Trade Secrets. “ Formula One can be perceived as an epicentre of inventions and innovations, making intellectual property indispensable in the sport. Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.