The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced a new pilot program, called the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), that will allow certain patent applicants to...more
A recent opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Sport Dimension, Inc. v. The Coleman Co., No. 2015-1553, 7 (Fed. Cir. 2016), held that design patents can provide protection for ornamental...more
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