Design patents for component parts are an appealing option for many automotive manufacturers. A design patent is a form of intellectual property right that protects “any new, original and ornamental ...

Google has filed for a patent describing a battery design that could make future phones easier to repair without compromising their features.

LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC has brought attention to the ongoing debate surrounding design patent law, particularly with respect to the Rosen-Durling test for design patent ...

The MEDevice show bridges the best in traditional medical device manufacturing and adjacent advanced manufacturing markets, bringing engineers as well as business and technology leaders together in a ...

“Perhaps the recent movement and call for a change to the patent bar requirement, as applied to design patents, is [one] tangible, executable action item that will make the intellectual property ...

The design of Google's search results page earned U.S. patent protection this week, bringing the total number of patents held by the search giant to some three dozen. Design Patent No. 533,561, ...

Christopher Carani draws on Apple’s smartphone litigation with Samsung to try and distinguish what kind of designs are likely to be found to infringe While some will debate whether Apple v Samsung ...