LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2023

As made clear in the appellate opinion, a single meeting in August 2011 was central to the district court’s inventorship holding and the basis for Blue Gentian’s appeal. ’” In this aspect, the opinion clarifies that the same standard of contribution/inventorship applies to design patents as utility patents.

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

This success is largely attributed to Apple’s effective trademarking of various designs and sounds related to its products and services. Notably, Apple trademarked its store design in the United States in 2011. Design Aesthetics: Apple is known for its minimalist and sleek product design. In 2007, Apple Inc.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Last week, an Illinois federal court judge ruled that UGG is not a generic term for sheepskin boots and that the United States owner of the popular UGG brand, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, can pursue its claims for trademark and design patent infringement against a company called Australian Leather.

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Patentably Defined

JANUARY 19, 2011

Color drawings may be submitted via EFS-Web in most types of applications and proceedings, including: Nonprovisional design patent applications, including reissue design patent applications; Provisional applications under 35 U.S.C. 111(b); Nonprovisional utility patent applications under 35 U.S.C.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

For example, in 2011, during the “smart phone wars,” Samsung argued Apple’s iPad design patent was anticipated by what appear to be “tablet” computers in scenes from Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. link] [2] These quotes come from Gernsback’s editorials in Amazing Stories.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

By design, patent challengers get one-bite at the Apple; one shot at invalidating the patent claims based upon obviousness or anticipation. 8, 2011). Rather, the instructions properly walked through factors for determining whether a particular sale occurred in the United States. = = = =. S1375 (daily ed.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile litigations in the United States involving patents directed to each of the above-referenced components, including patent litigations related to cathodes, 13 anodes, 14 separators, 15 electrolytes, 16 battery cell packaging, 17 and battery module packaging.

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