LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2023

Save the Date to Attend the 16 th Annual USPTO Design Day The 2023 iteration of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)’s annual Design Day will be held on May 4, 2023, with options to attend either in-person at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia or virtually.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

How many patents have I obtained for clients? As of January 10, 2023, the total number of US patents I have obtained for clients is 695. Number of US Patents by Patent Attorney Vic Lin. That total includes both utility and design patents in the US. OR (first name).att. WITH2 (last name).att.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Lei, 2023 WL 6373073, No. 21, 2023) Deetsch alleged that he owned design patents for CPAP pillow products, which the Lei defendants infringed. 22-cv-1166-RSH-BLM (S.D. Again, right of publicity would’ve been better.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 6, 2023

on 22 February, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The dispute pertained to the use of “Sona” as a part of the mark and trade name “Sona Mandhira Pvt. on 24 February, 2023 (Delhi High Court) In the present case, the plaintiff alleged infringement of its device “Royal” and passing off by the defendant’s adoption of “Zabreen Royal” device.

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Patently-O

JULY 20, 2023

2023) The Timberland Boot trade dress case is pending before the Fourth Circuit, raising some interesting questions about the role of product trade dress vs design patents vs copyright vs utility patents. Timberland boots were first sold in the 1970s with a unique design that quickly resonated with consumers.

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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the Board concluded that the USPTO failed to make a prima facie case of functionality. 88941388 (May 22, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas W. indicates that the design is not de jure functional.'" Welch 2023.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The second notice titled “Expanding Admission Criteria for Registration To Practice in Patent Cases” requests public comments on five topics. [3]. Request 3 : Possible Creation of a Separate Design Patent Practitioner Bar. This additional exam would not impact those already registered.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Patents A patent permits the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the invention of the patent. There are two types of patents that Amazon sellers should be familiar with, utility patents and design patents. Registering copyrights with the U.S.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Geeta Kewalani on 2 February, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court relying on ‘Laxmikant V Patel v Chetanbhai Shah’ passed an interim injunction restraining the Defendant from using the mark “Foot Locker”. After the Supreme Court ruling in Toyota v. Case: Foot Locker Retail, Inc vs Smt.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

On September 7, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs published the Draft Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns 2023, inviting comments from the public. For instance, when a person copies the unique packaging design of a popular energy drink, it confuses consumers and potentially infringes the trade dress.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 21, 2025

Applicant Kason's ownership of a design patent for the same design "presumumptively indicated that the design is not de jure functional," In re Becton, Dickinson and Co. , but utility patent evidence overcame that presumption. The question for design patentability is whether the design is the only one that works.

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