Patent Law Year in Review: Top-Nine Topics for 2025The U.S. patent landscape is shifting dramatically with changes in administration, impacting policies and the backlog of patents.Key court decisions are reshaping design patent analysis towards flexibility, responding to evolving global standards.
USPTO Adapts to CAFC's New Guidelines: What Design Patent Examiners Need to KnowUSPTO aligns practices with flexible approach on design patent obviousness after LKQ v. GM decision.
Animated GUI Design PatentsThe design patent world has transitioned to patenting animated portions of display screens, with a steady rise in patents issued for such designs.
Impact of Full Federal Circuit's Design Patent Decision is Far from ObviousThe 'flexible approach' in LKQ Corp. v. GM case may impact design patent validity challenges, potentially empowering challengers in arguing obviousness.
Design Patent Examination UpdatesThe decision in LKQ v. GM has made it easier to find design patents obvious.
Patent Law Year in Review: Top-Nine Topics for 2025The U.S. patent landscape is shifting dramatically with changes in administration, impacting policies and the backlog of patents.Key court decisions are reshaping design patent analysis towards flexibility, responding to evolving global standards.
USPTO Adapts to CAFC's New Guidelines: What Design Patent Examiners Need to KnowUSPTO aligns practices with flexible approach on design patent obviousness after LKQ v. GM decision.
Animated GUI Design PatentsThe design patent world has transitioned to patenting animated portions of display screens, with a steady rise in patents issued for such designs.
Impact of Full Federal Circuit's Design Patent Decision is Far from ObviousThe 'flexible approach' in LKQ Corp. v. GM case may impact design patent validity challenges, potentially empowering challengers in arguing obviousness.
Design Patent Examination UpdatesThe decision in LKQ v. GM has made it easier to find design patents obvious.
Federal Circuit Changes Obviousness Test For Design PatentsDesign patents are now subject to the same nonobviousness test as utility patents, overruling the previous Rosen-Durling test.
Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent ObviousnessFederal Circuit overrules longstanding Rosen-Durling test for design patent obviousness, adopting Graham v. John Deere Co. framework
Goodbye Rosen references, hello Jennings references?The Federal Circuit decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. alters the requirement for a primary reference in design patents.
Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent ObviousnessFederal Circuit overrules longstanding Rosen-Durling test for design patent obviousness, adopting Graham v. John Deere Co. framework
Goodbye Rosen references, hello Jennings references?The Federal Circuit decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. alters the requirement for a primary reference in design patents.