“While patenting a website’s computer implemented methods presents tricky Section 101 issues, the GUI’s of those sites are surprisingly easy to patent via design patents.” A common question I get is ...

The International Trademark Association files amicus brief urging Appeals Court to maintain obviousness test | Design patents have become “front line of defence” to combat counterfeiting, INTA argues.

“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 ...