In October, the iPad maker lost an appeal against Samsung in a U.K. case
over design patents.
Disputes
over design patents are usually not settled by way of a long - term license agreement.
So did Google, HP, Facebook and others, who warned that a company could lose its entire profits
over a design patent covering a single icon.
That footnote refers to Samsung's previously - announced Supreme Court petition
over design patent damages.
As expected, Apple doesn't deny that the disgorgement of a company's entire profits
over a design patent infringement could have major economic implications (and, by extension, a chilling effect on innovation).
On a similar note, the fact that Apple did not keep on fighting for an injunction
over its design patents also indicates its strategic priorities.
It is questionable whether Apple would really halt its advances in innovation in technology and design had it lost in court
over a design patent.
Not exact matches
Committed to
designing equipment that will help producers pack all types of foods more efficiency, our research and development department currently has
over 2000
patents pending.
It uses light - weight, technical fabrics in a
patented tubular
design that surrounds the mother's body 360 degrees, distributing baby's weight evenly
over her body.
The
patented design allows you to save every drop of milk — it holds a little
over 2 oz.
Developed with input from
over one hundred Certified Child Life Specialists in the United States and Canada, the Nurture Smart Mobile is the most innovative
patent - pending crib mobile
designed to maximize cognitive development and provide optimum cleaning capabilities.
Winkel's
patented design and developmental features have made it a baby favorite, parent «go to» for
over 25 years.
Winkel's
patented design and developmental features have made it a baby favourite, parent «go to» for
over 25 years.
The
patent - pending, spill - proof
design keeps the food in your child's mouth... not all
over their clothes just like the foil pouches we so readily pick up at the grocery store... then toss out.
This
patent pending add - on hip belt
design allows a babywearer using a Pikkolo Baby Carrier or any mei tai carrier to better distribute their baby or toddler's weight
over a broader area around their hips.
The
patented design is adjustable in size, using high quality Velcro, to sustain a perfect fit
over time as a nursing mother's size changes.
They say software
patents do just what
patents were
designed to do — encourage innovation and the free flow of information while protecting the inventor's rights
over the product.
Extensive and
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The most serious difficulty arose
over Joseph Williams»
patent on the
design of the K - W coil.
Nowadays, Mercedes - Benz proudly owns
over 90,000 registered
patents and an endless list of innovatons, like the ground - breaking plug - in hybrid drive system, coupled with the lightweight construction techniques, setting new standards in terms of safety, efficiency and
design.
In the filing for a
patent awarded in 2014 on the
design of a system for vehicle dynamics control in electric vehicles, Ian Wright, currently the founder and CEO of Wrightspeed (earlier post) and a co-founder of Tesla Motors, and his co-inventor Ryan Cash explain that existing control systems for vehicle dynamics — e.g., Electronic Stability Control, Traction Control, and Anti-Lock Braking — exercise control
over engine power, and may automatically apply and release brakes on each wheel independently.
Power and performance typical of BMW M is delivered by the power unit in both the BMW X5 M and the BMW X6 M by a new
design and construction principle: The new M TwinPower Turbo with Twin Scroll Twin Turbo Technology and the exhaust manifold extending
over both rows of cylinders
patented by BMW offer absolutely extreme response and spontaneity, a linear build - up of engine power, and an unusually consistent torque curve.
Also, given Samsung's recent spate of court battles with Apple
over cases of infringement of the iPad's
design patents, the Samsung
design team will work doubly hard to ensure their next tablet is discussed more in tech circles and markets than various courts the world
over.
Zinn also holds
over 20
patents for semiconductor
design, and is now focusing on mentoring entrepreneurs.
It has been going on for
over a year and finally the lawsuit brought against Barnes and Noble by Spring
Design for
patent and intellectual property violations has been settled once and for all!
All of this talk about Samsung being taken to court
over infringing
patents and copying the
design of the iPhone and iPad and losing in the process, apparently doesn't matter to those wanting to make a quick buck or two.
Spring
Design pioneered its patent - pending dual screen design with Duet Navigator ™ capability in 2006, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers over the last two years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen d
Design pioneered its
patent - pending dual screen
design with Duet Navigator ™ capability in 2006, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers over the last two years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen d
design with Duet Navigator ™ capability in 2006, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers
over the last two years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen device.
Spring
Design pioneered its
patented dual - screen device with «touch and extend» capability in 2007, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers
over the past two years to share its vision and the capabilities of the dual screen device.
Spring
Design pioneered its
patented dual - screen device with «touch and extend» capability in 2007, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers
over the past two years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen device.
Spring
Design Inc. pioneered its patent - pending dual screen design with Duet Navigator ™ capability in 2006, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers over the last 2 years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen d
Design Inc. pioneered its
patent - pending dual screen
design with Duet Navigator ™ capability in 2006, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers over the last 2 years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen d
design with Duet Navigator ™ capability in 2006, and has been working with major book stores, newspapers and publishers
over the last 2 years, sharing the vision and the capabilities of the dual screen device.
The
patent pending
design provides a unique bounce - back action that dogs prefer
over traditional stuffed plush toys.
iPrimio Cat Scratcher Ramp - Foldable for Travel and Easy Storage - Great for Cats Playing
Over, Under, and Scratching -
Patent Pending
Design
If that seems like something out of the ancient past in an age of hundred - million - dollar lawsuits
over your phone's bezel
design, students can also come to see that education retains an «exceptional» status within intellectual property law that promotes learning through fair use rights (copyright), experimental exceptions (
patents), and an academic exception that recognizes the special contribution of teachers and scholars in creating intellectual property that does not simply and automatically belong to their employer (both).
This ruling is not thermonuclear on its own, but in its aftermath, we will not only see a lot of wrangling
over a judgment as a matter of law to overrule the jury and
over injunctive relief but there will also be, even more importantly, a push by Apple to enforce many more
design patents and utility (hardware and software)
patents against Samsung.
A week ago I reported that a decision on Apple's post-appeal motion for a U.S. ban of the Galaxy Tab 10.1
over an iPad
design patent was approaching after the Federal Circuit denied a Samsung request for a rehearing.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California just became the third court to order a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and the second, after the Düsseldorf Regional Court, to do so
over an iPad
design patent (an Australian injunction, which was subsequently lifted, was based on two technical
patents).
I am a Partner at Berggren and I have
over 20 years» experience in the fields of IP relating to
patents,
designs and trademarks.
The escalating
patent battle between shapewear makers Spanx and Yummie Tummie
over body - slimming camisoles has sparked discussion about what it and similar cases may mean for the future of
design patents in the fashion industry.
«Reining in Remedies in
Patent Litigation: Three (Increasingly Immodest) Proposals» proposes that injunctions be unavailable over FRAND - pledged SEPs, advocates apportionment of the disgorgement of an infringer's profits that a design patent holder can seek (this approach would have taken care of a substantial part of the damages issue in Apple v. Samsung, for example), and finally — which is the most ambitious part but makes a lot of sense to me — elaborates in the form of a «thought experiment» on an idea Judge Posner tossed out a few month ago: for a «wide swath of U.S. patent cases» it might be preferable to avoid j
Patent Litigation: Three (Increasingly Immodest) Proposals» proposes that injunctions be unavailable
over FRAND - pledged SEPs, advocates apportionment of the disgorgement of an infringer's profits that a
design patent holder can seek (this approach would have taken care of a substantial part of the damages issue in Apple v. Samsung, for example), and finally — which is the most ambitious part but makes a lot of sense to me — elaborates in the form of a «thought experiment» on an idea Judge Posner tossed out a few month ago: for a «wide swath of U.S. patent cases» it might be preferable to avoid j
patent holder can seek (this approach would have taken care of a substantial part of the damages issue in Apple v. Samsung, for example), and finally — which is the most ambitious part but makes a lot of sense to me — elaborates in the form of a «thought experiment» on an idea Judge Posner tossed out a few month ago: for a «wide swath of U.S.
patent cases» it might be preferable to avoid j
patent cases» it might be preferable to avoid juries.
With
over 20 years of experience in all aspects of
patent preparation, prosecution, opinion work, and litigation, Keats is regularly consulted by clients and colleagues to address complex matters in mechanical, electromechanical, biomedical, computer, medical device,
design, and electrical arts.
For example,
patents covering the overall
design of a product may have advantages
over patents covering individual components of the product.
This Court has personal jurisdiction
over Yummie Tummie by virtue of Yummie Tummie's purposeful contact with this district, including, on information and belief, Yummie Tummie's substantial business conducted with customers residing in this district; and Yummie Tummie's attempts to enforce
design patents purportedly assigned to it against Spanx, an entity having a principal place of business in Georgia, for alleged infringing activity occurring in Georgia.
But on Wednesday, Administrative Law Judge Thomas B. Pender issued a preliminary ruling in Apple's favor against Samsung
over four
patents: one
design patent, one hardware
patent, and two multitouch software
patents.
Design patent remedies, injunctive relief, partial summary judgment
over invalidated
patents, the royalty base (a context in which I hope Apple will defeat Ericsson because it will discourage outsized royalty claims
over standard - essential
patents), and possibly some procedural issues concerning the interplay of infringement cases and FRAND contract cases in different venues.
In that post I expressed hopes that Samsung would take the
design patent issues in that case to the Supreme Court, and a filing made by Samsung with the Federal Circuit on Wednesday (a motion to stay execution of a mandate, i.e., to prevent Apple from physically collecting money before the case is really
over) now states clearly that this will happen (this post continues below the document):
In the summer of 2011, the Düsseldorf Regional Court had granted Apple a preliminary injunction against the same product
over the European equivalent, a so - called Community
design, of this U.S.
design patent.
For example, Mr. Korniczky
designed and implemented a
patent strategy for Cameron Health, a Carlsbad medical device company, to protect its Subcutaneous Cardio Implantable Defibrillator (S - ICD) system and attract
over $ 25 million in venture capital.
Then
over the next 15 years I add a whole bunch of new features to that invention and
patent each of the modified
designs.
Of course, it would still be up to a jury to decide, but based on Apple's proposed and supported interpretation of the law, the judge presiding
over a cupholder
design patent trial wouldn't have a choice but to instruct the jury that a total, unapportioned disgorgement of profits is possible under the law.
On August 9, 2011 the Düsseldorf Regional Court shocked the wireless world by ordering a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1
over a Community
design (EU equivalent of U.S.
design patent) held by Apple.