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2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/21/2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of...more

Influence of Implementability of Prior Art in Determination of Novelty and Inventiveness

Linda Liu & Partners on 10/25/2022

In patent examination, the examiner will cite a prior art document in order to determine whether or not an invention or utility model is novel and inventive. The applicants challenge the implementability of the cited prior...more

2021 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/2/2022

This year, we will mark the 10-year anniversary of the first jury verdict in the landmark IP litigation between Apple and Samsung, which resulted in the jury awarding more than $1B to Apple. More than $500M of that award was...more

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2018: Third Party Observations in Europe, China, Japan, and for the PCT - To File...

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/17/2018

Both the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) accept a third party observation regarding validity of a patent application. In February 2012, it was announced that third party observations could be...more

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2018

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/13/2018

A Survey of Third Party Observation Systems - Third party observations can be a cost-effective way of introducing prior art or arguments related to patentability of a published patent application. The September 2018 issue...more

Patent Grace Period Laws in the IP5 Patent Offices: Some Similarities But Largely Different

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 6/5/2017

Life science and other high technology companies most frequently file patent applications in five IP offices (IP5), namely: the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japanese...more

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