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Defending Design Patents

Patently-O

In our new paper, The Truth About Design Patents , we debunk three widely held—but incorrect—views about U.S. design patents. Taken together, these myths paint a grim picture of design patents: Half of all design patent applications are rejected. Acquiring Design Patents.

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Smart Wallets and Measuring Credibility of the Prior Art

Patently-O

In 2020, Storus (AKA “Mosaic Brands”) sued Ridge Wallet for both patent infringement (US7334616) and product-design trade dress misappropriation. Ridge counterclaimed with its own patent infringement contentions (US10791808, Fig 11 shown above). Ridge Wallet LLC , — F.4th 4th — (Fed.

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Guest Post: We need to talk about the NDIL’s Schedule-A cases

Patently-O

These appear to be the first—and certainly the first precedential—Federal Circuit cases dealing with the merits of one of the numerous “Schedule A” design patent cases that have been filed in recent years in the NDIL. It is clear, from reading the decision, that the design patent infringement claims lacked merit.

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Airing their Dirty Diapers: Final decision in Angelcare v Munchkin

IPilogue

On April 07, 2022, the Federal Court of Canada released its judgment in favour of the plaintiffs in the patent infringement action against Munchkin Inc. the “defendants’ or “Munchkin”) for direct and induced patent infringement. A salient feature of this judgment is the decision on indirect infringement or inducement.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Unicolors’s business model is to create artwork, copyright it, print the artwork on fabric, and market the designed fabrics to garment manufacturers.” A Google search turns up three different pairs of designs with differing degrees of similarity. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011). Factual and Procedural Background. 3d 1194 , 1196 (9th Cir.

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Claim Construction Order Sets Stage for Moderna v. Pfizer Vaccine Patent Showdown

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by Dennis Crouch Moderna filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in August 2022, alleging that the defendants COVID-19 vaccine infringes three patents related to Moderna’s mRNA vaccine technology. United States Patent Nos. 10,898,574, 10,702,600, and 10,933,127.

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Brand-Generic Drugs: Infringement Judged by the ANDA Filing

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In order to facilitate resolution of brand-generic patent conflict, the Patent Laws include a form of paper infringement–a legal fiction that simply filing an ANDA and Paragraph IV certification counts as a form of patent infringement. ” In re Brimonidine Patent Litig., 3d 1366, 1378 (Fed.

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