On March 13, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published supplemental examination guidance in the Federal Register addressing design patent applications that claim ...

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates prior USPTO ...

A design patent may include only one claim and it “shall be in formal terms to the ornamental design for the article.” But the scope of the ...

See 99 other Coke patents here. It was exactly a century ago Monday that the U.S. Patent Office granted design patent No.

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 ...

“[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 ...

“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 ...

Firms reflect on how they’re managing their design patent practices as brands seek to enforce their rights at the Northern District of Illinois and beyond Design patent litigation has spiked in recent ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A new set of images claim to show the next-gen 2027 Silverado pickup truck, but are clearly AI-generated. Now, GM Authority ...