Addressing a matter of first impression concerning the scope of prior art relevant to a design patent infringement analysis, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that “to qualify ...

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A study suggesting that examiners may be ignoring prior art submitted by applicants has intensified the US debate about inequitable conduct laws Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School, Chris Cotropia of ...

“While ‘reliance on AAPA in combination with prior art patents or printed publications is not dispositive of whether AAPA is included in the basis of a ground…what is dispositive are express ...