How to Protect Your Products (and Your Business) Using Design Patents
Design patents can
Protect surface features of
Useful devices
Category: Design Patent
Federal Circuit Finds “Obvious” Solution Not Patentable
Patent rejected
Because it’s too obvious –
Federal Circuit
Federal Circuit Revives Uniloc’s “Abstract” Patent
Claims aren’t too abstract
If patent solves a problem,
Says Federal Court
The “Ordinary Observer” Test and Design Patents
Patents for designs
Must be associated
With physical things
Federal Circuit Says Designs Can Be Protected in Two Dimensions
Federal Circuit
Says drawing can be 2D
If object’s 3D
3D Printing Creates Familiar IP Rights Challenges
3D printing will
Lead to new legal issues
As well as old ones