meredithlowry, 9 days ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1026532 issued for a pan. #DesignPatents #SubFeistDesigns

meredithlowry, 9 days ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1027227 issued to Cartier for a candle.

This is one reason I love looking at the new designs - I had no idea Cartier sold candles.

But Cartier aside - this fits into @design_law's #SubFeistDesigns category.

#DesignPatents

design_law, 14 days ago to random

Sounds like at least one person at the USPTO also wants to revive the idea of protection for disembodied designs, potentially through a treaty.

meredithlowry, 23 days ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1024632 issued for a wire rack shelf. #DesignPatents #SubFeistDesigns

@design_law

meredithlowry, 1 month ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1023635 issued for furniture. #DesignPatents #SubFeistDesigns

meredithlowry, 1 month ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1024194 issued for a tubing component for a game.

Reminder: dashed lines are not part of the claimed design. #DesignPatents

meredithlowry, 1 month ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1021933 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface.

Reminder: dashed lines are unclaimed portions of the design.

meredithlowry, 1 month ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1021147 issued for a stair tread.

#DesignPatents

design_law, 1 month ago to random

My latest publication, "Uncreative Designs," now live in the Duke Law Journal: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol73/iss7/2/

#LawProfs #LegalScholarship #SubFeistDesigns

design_law, 2 months ago to random

Judge affirms #CopyrightOffice refusal to register Bruce Munro's "Untitled sphere, stem, spike, filament 3D sculptural design" as a sculptural work:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.247666/gov.uscourts.dcd.247666.37.0.pdf

#SubFeistDesigns #Munro #Copyright #Originality

meredithlowry, 2 months ago to random

Today in design patents:

D1017620 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface.

Reminder - dashed or broken lines are not part of the claimed design. #DesignPatents

design_law, 2 months ago to random

D641,041 - issued in 2011 for a design for a "calendar sheet." According to the description of the drawings: "FIG. 3 is a plan view of the calendar sheet for a leap year." #DesignPatents

meredithlowry, 5 months ago to random

Today in design patents, #SubFeistDesigns

D1008282 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface. #DesignPatents

meredithlowry, 7 months ago to random

Today in design patents, #SubFeistDesigns edition:

D1000469 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface.

And no. There isn't a color claim. #DesignPatents

meredithlowry, 8 months ago to random

Today in design patents, #SubFeistDesigns edition:

D999238 issued for a display screen with graphical user interface.

And yes, everything but the $ and the "per month" and "mo" are dashed out. #DesignPatents

meredithlowry, 8 months ago to random

Today in design patents, user interface edition:

D997983 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with an animated graphical user interface.

#SubFeistDesigns #DesignPatents

design_law, 9 months ago to random

If you've been hanging out with me for a while on here you've heard me talk about #SubFeistDesigns.

If you're interested in learning more, I just posted an updated version of my article on that topic, "Uncreative Designs" (forthcoming Duke L.J.): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496762

#DesignPatents #LegalScholarship #LawFedi #LawProfs

meredithlowry, 9 months ago to random

Today in design patents, building edition:

D996652 issued for a beam.

#DesignPatents #SubFeistDesigns

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meredithlowry, 9 months ago to random

Today in design patents, #SubFeistDesigns edition:

D994040 issued for a foldable geometric block. #DesignPatents

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meredithlowry, 9 months ago to random

Today in design patents, display screen edition:

D993271 issued for a communication device display with graphical user interface.

This has three embodiments, each claiming a little more of the design. Anything shown in dashed lines represents unclaimed matter. #DesignPatents #SubFeistDesigns

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meredithlowry, 9 months ago to random

Today in design patents, #SubFeistDesigns edition:

D993461 issued for a porch step. #DesignPatents

meredithlowry, 10 months ago to random

Today in design patents, display screen edition:

D991960 issued for a display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface.

This one comes with a delightful copyright reservation notice in the description, which is allowed under design patent examination rules, but is questionable in application here. #DesignPatents

design_law, 11 months ago to random

Tell me you don't understand the design patent infringement test without telling me you don't understand the design patent infringement test.

https://www.scribd.com/document/647878602/Steel-City-v-Schedule-A-Complaint

#ScheduleA #SteelCity #DesignPatents