“Accurate and clear patent drawings strengthen and enhance patent applications, helping patent examiners who are already overburdened with applications to understand inventions faster.” Russian writer ...

In the wake of the ongoing Apple v. Samsung saga, design patents are becoming increasingly popular as an additional or alternative mechanism to protect inventions. This article focuses on drafting and ...

“Unfortunately, not nearly enough individuals and companies are seeking design patent protection. In 2019, for example, there were 46,847 design patent applications filed, which represents 7.01% of ...

In developing patent protection strategies for a product, companies often rely solely on utility patent protection and fail to consider design patent protection. Utility patents cover the usefulness ...

According to a recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the words of a U.S. design patent claim can limit the scope of the claimed design, and should not be ignored in the ...