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 ...

A design patent protects a new, original, ornamental design for an article of manufacture. 35 USC section 171. “Ornamental” means that the design is purely decorative; the patentability is based on ...

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

“The majority of those who submitted comments in favor of the new bar preferred that design patent practitioners still be required to take the current registration examination.” The U.S. Patent and ...

Practitioners have welcomed the proposed Third Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law. Qing Ge of Liu Shen considers the possibilities At present, the proposal for the Third Amendment to the Patent Law ...

“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 ...

Nokian Tyres has been granted a patent for an ornamental design for a tire.GlobalData’s report on Nokian Tyres gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report ...

Design patent counsel are concerned that an upcoming case at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit could result in uncertainty over when design patents are obvious. The Federal Circuit granted ...

Samsung has filed for a unique flip phone design patent at WIPO. This shows a reversible front-and-back flip phone design. The patent images give an impression that the design doesn’t have a defined ...