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Impact of AI on Global IP Systems

IIPRD

If such products were created by a human inventor, they could be eligible for patent protection. A human inventor serves as the central figure in the design of the patent system. The main rationale behind patent law is to reward and encourage the creative actions of creators.

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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.

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Obviousness Test for Design Patents Unchanged

The IP Law Blog

Design patents and utility patents are two different things. Design patents protect ornamental designs, such as the shape of a perfume bottle or the design on flatware. To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements. Telflex, Inc.,

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

Patently-O

20-891 (CVSG requested May 3, 2021); Res Judicata and the Patent-Specific Kessler Doctrine : PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. 20-1394 (CVSG requested October 4, 2021); Undermining Jury Decisions : Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. The fourth and final case with a pending CVSG is Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. ,

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Reevaluating Design Patent Obviousness

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Design patents continue to rise in importance, but the underlying law full of eccentricities. The crux of the issue lies in the manner patent law decisions are typically written. 398 (2007), overrule or abrogate In re Rosen, 673 F.2d The case under scrutiny is LKQ Corp. Teleflex Inc.,

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit assesses the equitable powers of a legislative court: the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Patently-O

This guest post was authored by Joel Smith, a 3L at the University of Missouri School of Law, with support from the team at the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic. Why is there a post about a veterans law case on a patent law blog? Mr. Taylor did so in early 2007. In Burris v. Wilkie , 888 F.3d 3d 1352 (Fed.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 3 – March 9)

SpicyIP

Highlights Moving Towards a Wrongful Obtainment Standard Part I Wrongful obtainment is a less explored area of patent law in the Indian context. Patent Office orders have partially answered what it means to wrongfully obtain a patent but are inconsistent in adjudicating wrongful obtainment claims.