utility-patent
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-217 | CeramTec GmbH v. CoorsTek Bioceramics LLC, fka C5 Medical Werks, LLC | Federal Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Response Waived | design-functionality evidence-standard intellectual-property product-design trademark-law utility-patent | Whether under this Court's decision in TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 (2001), a utility patent that produces a product… |
| 24A1236 | CeramTec GmbH v. CoorsTek Bioceramics LLC, fka C5 Medical Werks, LLC | Federal Circuit | 2025-06-13 | Presumed Complete | ceramic-components color-mark trade-dress trademark-functionality traffix-doctrine utility-patent | Whether a trademark feature derived from an expired utility patent can be deemed functional under TrafFix when the patent does not demonstrate a speci… | |
| 20-1817 | Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha, et al. v. Lotte International America Corp., et al. | Third Circuit | 2021-06-29 | Denied | Amici (4)Relisted (3) | alternative-designs circuit-split design-protection functionality lanham-act product-configuration summary-judgment trade-dress utility-patent | Whether trade dress is 'functional' if it is 'essential to the use or purpose of the article' or 'affects the cost or quality of the article,' as this… |