Patently-O

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

GM Global Technology Operations LLC , the court will consider whether to apply a more stringent obviousness test to design patents. Although design patent examination has become more rigorous, obviousness rejections remain relatively rare in comparison to their utility patent brethren.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] ” [6] If a designer is able to successfully improve infringement they may recover not only their own lost profits but also any profits accrued by the infringer from the infringed work. [7].

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The TTABlog

MAY 25, 2023

Applying the Morton-Norwich factors, and giving some weight to applicant's design patents, the Board concluded that the USPTO failed to make a prima facie case of functionality. JBL pointed to its ownership of seven design patents for rocking chairs of the same or a very similar configuration.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] 6] If a designer is able to successfully improve infringement they may recover not only their own lost profits but also any profits accrued by the infringer from the infringed work. [7].

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A cropped version of a scanned copy of a US newspaper named ‘The Examiner’ (image from here ) This post is co-authored with Swaraj. But the Patent Office still relied on UPSC along with Educational Consultants India Ltd. (a a PSU under the Ministry of Education) for recruitment of Examiners till 2010 (see here ).

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Patentably Defined

JANUARY 19, 2011

a)(2) and requires: An amendment to the specification to insert (unless the specification contains or has been previously amended to contain) the following language as the first paragraph of the brief description of the drawings — “The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. 37 CFR § 1.84(a)(2)

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Eventually, Johnson and Johnson announced that it would no longer enforce their patents for Bedaquiline (brand name: Sirturo) which is used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 134 low- and middle-income countries. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai. HULM Entertainment v.

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