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Trade Dress Registration – Practical Considerations for Product Manufacturers

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Summary Trade dress is a powerful intellectual property (IP) tool that can be used to protect the distinctive non-functional “look and feel" of a product’s design, shape and/or 3D configuration.[1] Product manufacturers and...more

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Drilling Down: Court Invalidates Design Patent on Wellbore Centralizer Due to Lack of Ornamentality

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In an unusual patent claim construction order on March 2nd, a federal district court held a design patent invalid for functionality. This is a relatively rare outcome because claim construction in design patent cases is often...more

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