Sentences with phrase «trade dress damages»

The legal basis for enhancements of trade dress damages is the Lanham Act (U.S. trademark law).

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The damages related to the look and feel of smart phones and tablets, with such features as the «pinch and zoom» and «bounce back» patents, along with the trade dress and icon designs.

Magistrate Judge Grewal denied certain Samsung motions related to Apple expert reports on the alleged infringement of the» 381 patent, tbe alleged invalidity of the» 711 patent, the alleged non-infringement of the» 711 patent, an expert report on damages, an expert report on the importance of design to consumers (a cornerstone of Apple's argument in this case), and certain trade dress claims.

The key legal argument with which Apple's filing, shown further above, urges Judge Koh to enter a partial final judgment is that the Federal Circuit, in its mandate to the district court, directed «immediate entry of final judgment on all damages awards not predicated on Apple's trade dress claims.»

The total damages amount in the first case ($ 929 million after two trials, but prior to the appeal, which Samsung filed last week) was $ 929 million, but the bulk of that was related to design patents and trade dress, i.e., intellectual property rights for which U.S. statutory law explicitly allows damages theories (disgorgement of infringer's profits) that are legally unavailable for utility (i.e., technical) patents.

We welcome the U.S. Court of Appeals» ruling overturning Apple's infringement and damage claims against Samsung over trade dress.