The outlines of global design protection change regularly, with every year bringing significant updates in at least some major jurisdictions. In general the changes bend toward greater alignment and the emergence of...more
United States applicants can file a single design patent application under the Hague System, now designating Brazil and 96 other countries, including the U.S. - Filing a design patent in Brazil has never been easier. As...more
Brazil has joined the Hague system by depositing the instrument of accession of the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on February, 13, 2023...more
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
Like 2020 before it, 2021 has been a year of change for global design protection. Countries like Korea continue to update their rules to deal with the realities of modern, virtual design. China enacted a big modernization to...more
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
The Hague System, the international registration system for industrial designs, will reach a new high point when Mexico officially joins later this year. The Hague Agreement will enter into force in Mexico on June 6, 2020....more
The March 2020 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter provides practice pointers gleaned from a recent Federal Circuit ruling regarding certification marks and discusses the upcoming addition to the Hague...more
On April 25, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) once again hosted Design Day at its Alexandria, Virginia headquarters. The event was also streamed live to the USPTO Regional Offices and, for the first time,...more
November 5, 2018, marks an important step in the evolution of the industrial design regime in Canada. Numerous and substantial amendments to the Industrial Design Act and Rules are now in force. These amendments modernize...more
The July 2018 issue of Sterne Kessler's The Goods on IP® discusses developments on copyright infringement lawsuit timing, prosecuting consumer product claims that include conjunctive limitations, and an update on membership...more
The Hague System, the international registration system for industrial designs, grows as Russia becomes its newest member on February 28, 2018. Russia joins a long list of members, which already includes 67 countries and...more