Posts Tagged: industrial designs
Microsoft Announces Shared Innovation Initiative Encouraging Industry Partners to Patent Collaborative Innovations
On Wednesday, April 4th, the official Microsoft blog published a post written by the company’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, which announced the company’…
District Court Applies New Supreme Court Product Design Standard to Light Bulbs
My intuition is that the judge came to the correct conclusion, but that the Supreme Court test ultimately did little to guide her thinking. As I mentioned …
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2014: Design Patent Highlights
In 2013, 647,300 industrial design registrations were filed – a 6.4% drop from 2012. The decline in global registrations stems primarily from the slow-down of Chinese manufacturing, which produced 12% fewer registrations than …
Hague Agreement on Designs goes into effect on May 13, 2015
The USPTO will soon publish the Final Rules governing processing and examination of international design applications filed pursuant to the Hague Agreement. The Agreement and the USPTO’…
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2012: Design Patent Highlights
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishes a yearly report of the worldwide intellectual property filings. World Intellectual Property Indicators 2012 estimates draw from approximately 133 Patent offices, and …
Patent Law Changes – Claims Unnecessary to Obtain a Filing Date
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the House of Representatives passed two bills that are now await President Obama's signature. The bill — S. 3486— implements both the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) …
