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FEDERAL CIRCUIT PERPETUATES FUNCTIONALITY MESS, AND

DISRESPECTS THE PTO’S REEXAMINATION REGARDING OBVIOUSNESS

• July 6, 2022

WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN PATENT FUNCTIONALITY, PROFESSOR PETER MENELL IS PUNCH DRUNK

February 11, 2022

Columbia v. Seirus – Limited Series - Season 2, Episode 1

— January 28, 2022

FEDERAL CIRCUIT NARROWS SCOPE OF PROTECTION FOR DESIGN PATENTS

— October 8, 2021

GAMON FILES PETITION FOR EN BANC REVIEW OF FEDERAL CIRCUIT DECISION INVALIDATING ITS TWO DESIGN PATENTS AS OBVIOUS, IN SPITE OF STRONG EVIDENCE OF COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND COPYING

— September 22, 2021

IN A BREATHTAKING OPINION, THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT NIXES NEXUS FOR DESIGN PATENTS, EQUATES THEM WITH UTILITY PATENTS, AND IGNORES STRONG EVIDENCE OF COPYING

— August 23, 2021

DISTRICT COURT WINS GOLD MEDAL IN ITS MISINTERPRETATION OF SPORT DIMENSION

— August 10, 2021

PERRY SAIDMAN TO SPEAK ON THE ORDINARY OBSERVER TEST FOR DESIGN PATENT INFRINGEMENT

— July 24, 2021

FUN DESIGN PATENT STORY (written by my son)

— March 13, 2021

COURT FOCUSES ON THE “PREDOMINATING VISUAL ELEMENT” OF THE CLAIMED DESIGN

— February 24, 2021

WHAT’S THE PROPER FUNCTION OF DESIGN PATENT FUNCTIONALITY? AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE WILL DECIDE…

— January 16, 2021

IN DESIGN PATENT DRAWINGS, WHEN ARE LINES LINES, AND WHEN ARE LINES NOT LINES?

— January 21, 2020

DESIGN PATENT OWNER GETS PEPPER-SPRAYED

— December 13, 2020

DESIGN PATENT SEMINARS OFFERED BY PERRY SAIDMAN

— November 12, 2020

DESIGN PATENT IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2021

— October 20, 2020

THE PROJECT FOR INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY, LAW & POLITICS

— October 3, 2020

ARE YOU DOOMED BECAUSE YOUR PRINTED DESIGN PATENT HAS TERRIBLE DRAWINGS?

— September 16, 2020

DOES DESIGN PATENT LAW HAVE A FUTURE? You Betcha!

— August 15, 2020

CORRECTION: IPR LINKS FOR THE TTAB'S CAMPBELL SOUP OPINIONS

— August 11, 2020

THE PTAB’S COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PATENT ANALYSIS CANS THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT’S EARLIER RULING “Secondary Considerations” Carry the Day for Gamon and Terry Johnson against Campbell Soup

— August 8, 2020

CHALK UP ANOTHER ONE FOR THE COPYCATS

— May 19, 2020

SUMMARY JUDGMENT HOLDING DESIGN PATENTS OBVIOUS REVERSED - Mobile Phones and Sausages: A Nonobvious Combination

— April 30, 2020

PERRY WILL SPEAK AT THE ADVANCED PATENT LAW INSTITUTE ON MARCH 12, 2020

— February 29, 2020

NEW ARTICLE: DESIGN PATENTS ARE SINKING IN INTERNATIONAL SEAWAY - THE NEED TO RE-THINK THE LAW OF DESIGN PATENT ANTICIPATION

— February 21, 2020

AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN COLUMBIA V. SEIRUS PETITION FOR REHEARING

— February 1, 2020

U.S. Design Patent Enforcement: Recent Case Law Decisions and Trends, Due Diligence Considerations, and Best Practices

— January 14, 2020

DESIGN PATENT OWNER GETS SCREWED

— January 3, 2020

LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO MAKE DESIGN PATENTS ENFORCEABLE AT THE U.S. BORDER, LIKE COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS

— December 20, 2019

FEDERAL CIRCUIT DODGES DESIGN PATENT DAMAGES ISSUE AND GOES LOCO OVER INFRINGER’S LOGO

— November 17, 2019

FEDERAL CIRCUIT KICKS THE CAMPBELL SOUP CAN DOWN THE ROAD

— October 2, 2019

Curver v. Home Expressions is Straight but the Prosecution of its Patent Application was Curved

— September 15, 2019

PERRY SAIDMAN SPEAKING IN CINCINNATI AND CLEVELAND SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2019

— August 12, 2019

U.S. ITC LIES DOWN IN ITS FAILURE TO CONSIDER PRIOR ART IN ITS DESIGN PATENT INFRINGEMENT ANALYSIS

— July 27, 2019

AIPLA SPONSORS DESIGN RIGHTS BOOT CAMP IN CHICAGO AUGUST 5-6, 2019

— July 12, 2019

DISTRICT COURT ANALYSIS OF DESIGN PATENT FUNCTIONALITY IS (SIGH) OFF THE MARK

— June 26, 2019