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Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 month ago

Patent Law Year in Review: Top-Nine Topics for 2025

The U.S. patent landscape is shifting dramatically with changes in administration, impacting policies and the backlog of patents.
Key court decisions are reshaping design patent analysis towards flexibility, responding to evolving global standards.
fromThe IP Law Blog
9 months ago
Design

Federal Circuit Changes Obviousness Test For Design Patents

Design patents are now subject to the same nonobviousness test as utility patents, overruling the previous Rosen-Durling test.
fromPatently-O
10 months ago
UX design

Goodbye Rosen references, hello Jennings references?

The Federal Circuit decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. alters the requirement for a primary reference in design patents.
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