July 31, 2023 - Design patents and utility patents have co-existed in harmony — each staying in its own lane, covering its own subject matter — for over 180 years. The U.S. Patent Act was enacted in ...

Demand for design patent protections has been increasing in the last decade, and there is no indication that this trend will slow down. James Rieke, partner at Merchant & Gould, spoke to Minnesota ...

“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...

The future is only redesigned every so often, so it is worth asking, what will this new technology look like, and how can pioneers protect their user-facing innovations that will define this emerging ...

An en banc panel of the Federal Circuit will soon decide whether to amend its long-standing framework for assessing design patent obviousness, known as the 'Rosen-Durling' test. The forthcoming ...

There are numerous misconceptions that swirl around the concept of building a patent portfolio. Chief among them perhaps is the truth that adequate intellectual property protection for almost any ...