Contracts Design Patent Invention 
JD Supra Law
JUNE 28, 2022
the Federal Circuit held that a catheter insertion design patent was invalid because the claimed design was offered for sale more than a year before the design patent application was filed. Medical Components, Inc., By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Design Patent No. D450,839 looks like a set of clown feet (image below), but, in actuality it covers “the ornamental design for a handle for introducer sheath” and is used as part of a medical catheter kit. The parties agree that the products described in the letter embody the design that was later patented.
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LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Design Patent No. D450,839 (the D‘839 Patent) for a catheter introducer sheath. Under the on-sale bar, both design and utility patents will be invalid where “the invention was. on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States.”
CopyrightsWorld
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
The battle between these two tech giants began with a simple question: “Who invented the graphical user interface (GUI)?” turned out to be almost identical, and Gassée believed this to be a breach of contract. Apple vs. Microsoft. However, Windows 2.0 So, without warning, Apple filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in 1988.
IP Intelligence
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § To qualify a “commercial” offer for sale, the Federal Circuit at least relies on the Uniform Commercial Code, Restatement (Second) of Contracts (1981) (the UCC).
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § Second, the court reviewed the terms of the letter in view of contract principles under the UCC. Junker filed a design patent application on Feb.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Suppose that you have an invention disclosure for a design of an article that you want to protect. When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the design is ornamental, for example, a pattern, on an article such as a chair. You want to file a patent application to protect the design.
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