USPTO Adapts to CAFC's New Guidelines: What Design Patent Examiners Need to Know
USPTO aligns practices with flexible approach on design patent obviousness after LKQ v. GM decision.
Animated GUI Design Patents
The 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 Obvious
The 'flexible approach' in LKQ Corp. v. GM case may impact design patent validity challenges, potentially empowering challengers in arguing obviousness.
Design Patent Examination Updates
The decision in LKQ v. GM has made it easier to find design patents obvious.
USPTO Adapts to CAFC's New Guidelines: What Design Patent Examiners Need to Know
USPTO aligns practices with flexible approach on design patent obviousness after LKQ v. GM decision.
Animated GUI Design Patents
The 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 Obvious
The 'flexible approach' in LKQ Corp. v. GM case may impact design patent validity challenges, potentially empowering challengers in arguing obviousness.
Design Patent Examination Updates
The decision in LKQ v. GM has made it easier to find design patents obvious.
'Where Are the Designers on This?': Some Post-Argument Thoughts on LKQ vs. GM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit showed hesitancy in changing the current law on design patent obviousness.
Judges expressed concern with the implications of a wide-open, industry-specific test on design-patent obviousness.
Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness
Federal Circuit overrules longstanding Rosen-Durling test for design patent obviousness, adopting Graham v. John Deere Co. framework
LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Tech: Design Patent En Banc
The Federal Circuit will hear an en banc patent case on February 5, 2024, regarding the application of a more stringent obviousness test to design patents.
Oral arguments will include judges from the Federal Circuit, and the case will focus on whether the Supreme Court's flexible test for obviousness applies to design patents.
'Where Are the Designers on This?': Some Post-Argument Thoughts on LKQ vs. GM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit showed hesitancy in changing the current law on design patent obviousness.
Judges expressed concern with the implications of a wide-open, industry-specific test on design-patent obviousness.
Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness
Federal Circuit overrules longstanding Rosen-Durling test for design patent obviousness, adopting Graham v. John Deere Co. framework
LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Tech: Design Patent En Banc
The Federal Circuit will hear an en banc patent case on February 5, 2024, regarding the application of a more stringent obviousness test to design patents.
Oral arguments will include judges from the Federal Circuit, and the case will focus on whether the Supreme Court's flexible test for obviousness applies to design patents.