Suppose you have a design for an ornamental appearance of an article and start producing the article. Subsequently, you receive notice from an owner of a design patent that you are infringing their ...

In 2025, design patent law continued to evolve across institutions, jurisdictions, and borders. It was a busy year for design patent cases at the ...

A registered community design, often referred to as an "RCD," is the European equivalent to a U.S. design patent. Similar to a U.S. design patent, an RCD only protects the ornamental or outward ...

“We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the ...

“[O]ur elimination of the rigid Rosen-Durling test is compelled by both the statute and Supreme Court precedent.” – CAFC opinion But in June 2023, the court granted an increasingly rare en banc review ...

An en banc panel of the Federal Circuit will soon decide whether to amend its long-standing framework for assessing design patent obviousness, known as the 'Rosen-Durling' test. The forthcoming ...

Back in October, Toyota was present at the Japan Mobility Show and graced the event's floor with a series of concept vehicles, illustrating the variety of mobility solutions for all needs and ...

TVS Motor Company has filed a design patent in India for its stunt-focused RTR HyprStunt motorcycle, first showcased at EICMA ...

Ram has officially secured a U.S. design patent for the Rampage, its midsize pickup currently sold outside the United States. The patent, granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (hat tip to ...

Samsung has filed for a unique flip phone design patent at WIPO. This shows a reversible front-and-back flip phone design. The patent images give an impression that the design doesn’t have a defined ...

AMES, Iowa – Ling Zhang wasn’t sure what to expect when shopping for a nursing bra. Prior to welcoming her first child in 2012, Zhang spent five years working as a professional bra designer in New ...