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2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: New Chapters in Two Ongoing...

In 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued three opinions regarding U.S. design patents. The three 2023 opinions are Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc., LKQ...more

2023 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Not surprisingly, 2023 was another notable year for design rights around the globe. However, nowhere more than the U.S. did we see court decisions that will, in the case of one, and could in the case of another, have...more

Federal Circuit IP Appeals: Summaries of Key 2023 Decisions (8th Edition): LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. Operations LLC, 2023 WL...

LKQ filed an inter partes review challenging GM’s auto fender design patent. LKQ was once a licensed repair part vendor for GM. But, after renewal negotiations fell through in early 2022, GM informed LKQ that the parts LKQ...more

Federal Circuit IP Appeals: Summaries of Key 2023 Decisions (8th Edition): Columbia Sportswear N. Am., Inc. v. Seirus Innovative...

Columbia sued Seirus, claiming that Seirus’s HeatWave products infringe Columbia’s ’093 design patent for “Heat Reflective Material.” The patent claims “[t]he ornamental design of a heat reflective material, as shown and...more

Federal Circuit to Sit En Banc to Hear LKQ v. GM Case on Obviousness for Design Patents

For the first time in over five years, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be hearing a patent case en banc. The Court has agreed to hear LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, which...more

2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: Federal Circuit Appeals: More Design Patent Case Reversals

In 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued six opinions regarding U.S. design patents: three precedential opinions and three unprecedential opinions. Unlike 2021 (where the two precedential opinions on...more

2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: US District Courts: A Busy Year for Design Patents, Including a $17M Jury...

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

2021 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Seismic Shifts in §102 and...

In 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued four opinions regarding US design patents— two precedential opinions and two unprecedential opinions. Both precedential opinions, In re SurgiSil and Campbell...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions: Sealy Tech., LLC v. SSB Manufacturing Co., 825 F....

SSB sought inter partes reexamination of a Sealy design patent. After reexamination, the decision was appealed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The single claim in the patent recites “[t]he ornamental designs for a...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions: Network-1 Tech., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. et....

Network-1 sued HP, among others, for patent infringement. Another defendant then filed an inter partes review (IPR) petition. Following institution, HP filed its own petition on different grounds and a motion to join the...more

Federal Circuit Appeals From The PTAB: Summaries of Key 2019 Decisions: Campbell Soup Company v. Gamon Plus, Inc., 939 F.3d 1335...

Campbell Soup petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of Gamon’s design patents D612,646 and D621,645. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted the IPR and determined that Campbell Soup did not establish...more

Federal Circuit Appeals From The PTAB: Summaries of Key 2019 Decisions

In 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketed just over 650 appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). That is the highest number since the Court started to hear post-American Invents Act...more

IP Hot Topic: Does Adding a Logo to a Copycat Product Qualify as a Successful Design Around?

On November 13, 2019 the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. (2018-1329, -1331, -1728). The case involved appeals from both Columbia and Seirus...more

2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharm....

Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and Akron, Inc. petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of various patents owned by Allergan, Inc., which the Board instituted. One week before the scheduled IPR...more

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