What are the requirements for getting a design patent?
Are there any requirements for getting a design patent? Design patents can be quite powerful. They are part of a…
How To File A US Design Patent Based On Foreign Priority
What is the filing deadline for a US design patent based on a foreign priority application? When it comes to…
How to Challenge a Design Patent Application
Mission Impossible: Can you block a design patent application? Design patent applications are not publicly viewable. It can be nearly…
How to Deal with a Counterfeit Product or Claim
What is the difference between counterfeiting and trademark infringing? Is it fake? Whether or not a product is a counterfeit…
Can you file a design patent to protect from infringement?
Can filing a design patent protect you from infringement? It depends. Patent professionals, including myself, constantly stress that a patent…
Design patent infringement: What is a substantially similar appearance?
What is the design patent infringement test? It’s simple to recite, but tricky to apply. The test for design patent…
Patent rejected: What happens next?
Will your patent be rejected? Almost certainly for a utility patent, and probably not for a design patent. Here are…
How can an Amazon seller use design patents?
How can an Amazon seller benefit from design patents? IP simply cannot be ignored when you’re selling on Amazon. A…
How to Get a Better Design Patent
What makes a design patent better? Design patents are quite simple. So simple, in fact, that it can be easy…
How to Get a Patent
Utility or design patent? In order to know how to get a patent, first determine the type of IP you…
Design patent failures: What can go wrong?
What are common design patent failures? Filing a design patent application doesn’t seem very complicated. Thankfully, there are no lengthy…
How to Patent a Design
What does it take to patent a design? Before diving into how to patent a design, let’s first cover the…