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Infographic | Beer glass design patents

Olartemoure Blog

Design patents allow breweries to safeguard these elements of aesthetic distinction, securing exclusive rights to their innovative designs. Some examples of beer glasses design patents in the US: BEER GLASS US D954,504 S Inventors: Nicolas Brouillac Assignee: PEUGEOT SAVEURS Date of Patent: Jun. Date of Patent: May.

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DABUS Again Denied in the US and the UK, Part II – the Split Decision in the UK

LexBlog IP

While all three judges on the Court of Appeal agreed that an ‘inventor’ under the UK law must be a human being, the fact that DABUS is a machine was not immediately determinative of the outcome. In 2010 he was appointed as a Specialist Circuit Judge sitting in what was then the Patents County Court. PDF 998kB] ).

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Software and Business Method Patents - How to Improve Your Chances?

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Many software methods are business method patents designed to make business more efficient. This changed in 2010 with the granting of the Amazon 1-click patent. This is great news for inventors and companies innovating in the field of software, financial, and business methods.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

LexBlog IP

The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] ” [8]. .”

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Legal Lessons from Holiday Lights: Clarity in Patent Drafting

LexBlog IP

7,784,961 Before sledding into the patent’s technicalities, the inventor of this Christmas cheer utilized a lesser-known path under U.S. ” This broad language leaves room for competitors to sidestep infringement by designing lights for specific tree sizes and/or lights that do not completely cover a tree. patent law.

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Making a Proper Determination of Obviousness

Patently-O

For a PHOSITA, a circle within a chip-design drawing may have a particular meaning that would be meaningless to an ordinary reader. 2010) (SCT “directed us to construe the scope of analogous art broadly”); Airbus S.A.S. Master Lock Co., 3d 1231 (Fed. Firepass Corp., 3d 1374 (Fed. Quoting Intel Corp. Qualcomm Inc., 4th 784 (Fed.

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The Analogous Art Requirement and How to Traverse Obviousness Rejections Based on Non-Analogous Art

Patentably Defined

Art is analogous when it is: (1) from the same field of endeavor as the claimed invention; or (2) reasonably pertinent to the particular problem faced by the inventor, if the art is not from the same field of endeavor. 2010-1290, slip op. 2010-1290, slip op. 2010-1290, slip op. BRIEF SUMMARY OF RELEVANT LAW. at 12 (Fed.

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