design-patent law in a rare full-court decision. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit threw out a long-standing test for determining when a design patent is valid and sent the case back
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which Louboutin maintains two design patents (Patent Nos. D934,539 and D934,536). And at the same time, Louboutin asserts in the new lawsuit that Vinci also started offering up sneakers that infringe
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a rule to create a separate design patent practitioner bar. The USPTO is publishing this proposal in the Federal Register on May 16, 2023.
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - LL Bean has been sued by footwear maker Skechers USA (SKX.N), which accused the clothing and outdoor gear company of illegally copying its shoes, which have sold in the m...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month invalidated an Apple design patent for the original iPhone, giving Samsung a lift in their final appeal to overturn a costly judgement against
significant amount. 35 U.S.C. §289 provides that damages for the infringement of a United States design patent shall be the total profit from an “article of manufacture” to which the patented design (or a
Patent Examination" stipulates that: Article 31, paragraph 2 of the Patent Law stipulates that: Multiple designs in one application should be the overall or partial designs of the same product, for
Apple and Samsung have settled their long-running design patent dispute, one month after a jury awarded $539 million to Apple in the clash. District Judge Lucy Koh, of the US District Court for the
Vacuum maker Dyson dismissed an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit earlier this week, bringing a four-year design patent battle with competitor SharkNinja to an end. Back in