The perception of design patents is that they're inferior to utility patents. The thinking goes: If a design can easily be worked around, what benefits does a design patent offer?
Are design patents more difficult to defend? That was one of the knocks I'd heard against design patents in the past. But with the big [$500+ million] win for Apple, I think that all changed. Elizabeth Ferrill: 'One of the fallacies I find
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