Coincidentally to the Apple v. Samsung oral argument, Mr. Saidman spoke about the perplexing issue of design patent functionality at an all-day conference at the George Washington University Law School on November 21, 2014 in Washington,…
Oral argument in the Apple v. Samsung appeal was held in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 4, 2014. Kathleen Sullivan argued for the Appellant Samsung. She spent about 1/3 of…
Petitioner MRC Innovations, Inc. on September 5, 2014 filed a Reply Brief regarding its Petition for Certiorari in the Supreme Court in the MRC Innovations, Inc. v. Hunter Mfg., LLP design patent case (No. 14-5). MRC’s Reply Brief…
HUNTER FILES OPPOSITION TO MRC’S PETITION FOR CERTORARI The U.S. Supreme Court has not decided a substantive design patent case in well over 100 years. That may change. On July 1, 2014, MRC Innovations, Inc.…
by Perry J. Saidman On August 4, 2014, five amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs were files in the Apple v. Samsung appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. There…