Design Patents - The Whipping Boy Bites Back

73 Journal of The Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) 859, November, 1991.

Perry Saidman discusses the recent attention to the rising popularity of design patents in the legal press. This is due in part to some cases being won in court for design patent owners. It is also due to the stepped-up activity by the advocates of a new design law that will provide copyright-like protection for designs.

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