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Husch Blackwell LLP

Beyond Utility: How to Protect Corporate Value with Design Patents

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Utility patent protection is typically the first thing that comes to mind for protecting a product; however, such protection may not be available when the product has been on the market a long time or is dominated by...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Federal Circuit Notes Patent in Rejecting Trade Dress Protection

As a general rule, in order to be protectable trade dress, a feature of a product, for example, the product's color, must be nonfunctional. That is, the feature must have been an arbitrary choice added to identify the source...more

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Intellectual Property Misconceptions Debunked

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Many people have misperceptions about what intellectual property (IP) protects, and some common IP misconceptions are debunked below. (1) Ideas Cannot Be Patented. Only inventions can be patented. The legal...more

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