design-patent

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23-1052 Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. v. Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-03-25 Denied Response Waived comparison-prior-art design-patent function functional-limitations infringement ornamental ornamental-design patent-infringement prior-art same-article (1) Whether function must be disregarded in defining the scope of comparison prior art relevant to design patent infringement; and (2) Whether compar…
19-1002 Automotive Body Parts Association v. Ford Global Technologies, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response Waived article-of-manufacture design-patent design-patents federal-circuit patent-exhaustion patent-law patent-rights repair-doctrine right-to-repair samsung-v-apple Design patents are limited to "any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture." 35 U.S.C. § 171(a). Under the patent exhaustion…