JD Supra Law

JUNE 14, 2022

design patents continue to grow in popularity. Although 2021 saw a slight downtick in the number of issued design patents compared to the previous two years—most likely caused by lower filings during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic—the number of U.S. design patents that issued in 2021 was still greater than the number of U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Understanding Mask Work Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. Under the SCPA, a mask work is a series of related images that forms a design or part of a design used to produce an integrated circuit. In particular, Section 1213.2

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg) on some recent EU design case law. The result in this change has been a very dramatic reduction in trade mark and design cases heard by the CJEU.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 19, 2024

Since the inception of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) in 2012, design patents obtained a higher rate of favorable results in Inter Partes Reviews (“IPRs”) and Post Grant Reviews (“PGRs”) than utility patents. For example, the institution rate for design patents is about 38% compared to roughly 65% for utility patents.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 23, 2021

Obviousness of a design patent is governed by 35 U.S.C. Importantly, the Federal Circuit suggests that the obviousness inquiry should begin with a primary reference whose whose “design characteristics … are basically the same as the claimed design” and that creates “basically the same visual impression.” Design Patent Nos.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2024

After many years of controversy, the Council of State ultimately decided that growers of the 'Kalamata' variety can continue to use the name, even if the production took place outside the area protected by the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) of the same name.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2025

If you wanted to become a pirate tomorrow, you could go online and find organizations that provide Piracy as a Service, they’ll give you content, they’ll give you a distribution platform, they’ll design your user interface, quite sophisticated.” As you know, we tried this maybe 13 years ago.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2022

In its ruling delivered last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that Denmark had breached its obligations under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 , by failing to stop the use of the Greek PDO “Feta” on cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export outside of the EU (case C-159/20 ). However, it argued that Art.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

After being indicted along with the others in 2012, the Estonian was reported as living in the Netherlands. Julius Bencko, Graphic Designer In the United States government’s superseding indictment dated February 16, 2012, Julius Bencko is described as a citizen and resident of Slovakia.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

On August 30, the office of the Controller General of Patents, Design and Trademarks (CGPDTM) released a public notice inviting comments from stakeholders to revamp the different IP guidelines and manuals. The invitation is specific to the Patents, Designs, Trademarks, GI and Copyright Manuals and Guidelines.

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The IPKat

MAY 6, 2024

Determining the informed user and the way the informed user perceives the design of a specific product are important steps in the assessment whether two designs produce the same overall impression. Background On 17 November 2012, the predecessor of M&T 1997, a.s. (‘M&T’), 25(1)(b), 6 Community Design Regulation , ‘CDR’).

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

by Dennis Crouch As its name suggests, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is designed to substantially overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. 66 (2012), and Alice Corp. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. , CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208 (2014).

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of several design patents, interest in design patents grew exponentially. That trend has continued in 2022.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 12, 2022

In the context of Industrial designs, piracy occurs when someone other than the owner uses the registered design for his own gain. In this article, we shall explore the acts that amount to piracy of registered designs and remedies. Acts amounting to piracy of registered design.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The plaintiff, NOC, is a teenager who has copyrighted designs in hand-drawn dots that Target allegedly copied in the clothing line. However, Target’s allegedly infringing works apparently were designed no later than December 2017. Work #4: posted in 2012 to Instagram and got 92 likes and 11 comments. Target Corp.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of several design patents, interest in design patents grew exponentially. That trend has continued in 2022.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 12, 2022

In the context of Industrial designs, piracy occurs when someone other than the owner uses the registered design for his own gain. In this article, we shall explore the acts of piracy of registered designs and remedies. In this article, we shall explore the acts of piracy of registered designs and remedies.

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Patently-O

JUNE 11, 2024

Prometheus (2012) applies equally to software and technology patents. GM is perhaps as dramatic a change for the design patent arena as Alice was for utility patents. The overall effect is to make it easier to find a design patent obvious. Vidal released examination guidance to the design corps the next day.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that. respectively.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Often lurking outside the spotlight of EU IP law, Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs) and Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs) pose their distinctive set of legal requirements. When you add to this an application from a non-EU country, you get the following. No modifications were made.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2022

design patents continue to grow in popularity. Although 2021 saw a slight downtick in the number of issued design patents compared to the previous two years—most likely caused by lower filings during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic—the number of U.S. design patents that issued in 2012. design patents.

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Patently-O

MAY 5, 2022

ACUS is conducting a study on behalf of the USPTO to examine “issues associated with and options for designing a small claims patent court.” Most recently, in December 2012, the USPTO. 18, 2012)). consider in designing a small claims patent court. consider in designing a small claims patent court.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 5, 2024

Opinion by Lourie, joined by Moore and Albright (sitting by designation). In 2012, the FDA approved Vascepa for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia (“the SH indication”), and in 2019, the FDA approved it for reducing. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., 2023-1169 (Fed. June 25, 2024).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2022

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled on the possibility of claiming protection for a part of a product or a component part of a complex product as an unregistered Community design. Ferrari filed an appeal on a point of law before the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ). The decision of the ECJ.

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2023

i) Pursuant to the general rule in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 , an Italian court has no jurisdiction over claims brought against German companies established in Germany. An Italian cat reflecting on jurisdiction Background On 13 January 2021, German company Bulthaup GmbH & Co.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The case, filed in 2012 in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico, alleged that UO infringed the NAVAJO trademark in a way that inaccurately linked the Navajo Nation with designs printed on UO garments. On August 15, Chinatown revealed their rebrand and began promoting new designs emblazoned with their new name, “Market”.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2021

Both Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) rely on the origin link (e.g., The empirical analysis presented in Chapter 4 discusses the evolution of the EU GI regime after Regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.

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The IPKat

JULY 31, 2022

1151/2012 by failing to prohibit the use of the Greek PDO "Feta" on cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export outside the EU (Case C-159/20), and our GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko has written a related post on the subject! It's time to relax and briefly recap last week's posts on IPKat!

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 27, 2022

In reality they are massively simplified and carry nothing like the maximum sentences available for the offenses listed in the US superseding criminal indictment dated January 16, 2012. Whether by design or not, the charges above may have copyright infringment as the underlying acts but they seem to pose no threat to the status quo.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2023

Puma first applied for the trademark PROCAT in 2012 for its sub-brand of youth sporting accessories. Caterpillar shortly opposed the application, asserting that, inter alia , the PROCAT mark was confusing with Caterpillar’s own CAT & Triangle Design [shown below].

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Kat readers interested in EU design law likely remember the textbook case concerning the validity of a design for a shower drain. This case, which reached the Court of Justice (CJEU ) in 2017, discussed whether the same public shall be considered when examining novelty, and individual character a design, respectively.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 17, 2024

In April 2024, BioPharmaTrend published a comprehensive review of the past and current state of artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery, using the 2012 advent of modern deep learning as a starting point. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Various elements constitute the expression of a game—such as the graphic design, voice acting, and character design. The same principle also applied in a 2012 American case Tetris Holding , in which the court ruled that a game’s look and feel could be copyright protected.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Each document states that Australia/NZ will make all reasonable efforts to join the UK as members of the Hague Agreement, which provides an international registration system for industrial designs. agreed to join the Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs’ This is not true. Article 17.1(5) Read more »

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Patently-O

JUNE 23, 2022

On appeal, the Federal Circuit added a footnote concluding that it would not have been insider trading: “Selling the stock to comply with ethical obligations is not insider trading, as was made clear in the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (“STOCK Act”), Pub. 291, 298 (2012).” 112–105, 126 Stat.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2024

By Kevin Preji On 28th Feb, 2024, the Delhi High Court in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs in allowing an appeal, clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (‘PSITA’) in determining non-obviousness. Subsequently, the patent application was rejected in September 2020.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Background In 2011, Austrian applicant Gabriele Schmid successfully applied for a figurative mark, which displays the official EU symbol for protected geographical indications (‘the PGI symbol’) within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 1151/2012. The PGI symbol is depicted below.

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