1. Statutory Subject Matter - Designs Patentable - Examples
2. Novelty & Time Limits (35 USC §102) - When to File
3. Originality
4. Nonobviousness (35 USC §103)
5. Ornamentality vs. Functionality (35 USC §171)
6. Article of Manufacture - Computer Generated Icons
7. Double Patenting
8. Mechanics of a Design Patent Application
   
   1. The applicant
   2. The parts of an application
      
      1. preamble & title
      2. specification & figure descriptions
      3. characteristic feature clause
      4. claim
      5. drawings - pen and ink
         
         1. broken line practice
         2. views to illustrate
         3. surface shading
         4. miscellaneous drawing issues
      6. drawings - photographs
   3. Applicant's Declaration
   4. Appendix
9. Prosecution of a Design Patent Application
   
   1. normal
   2. accelerating prosecution
      
      1. petition to make special
      2. rocket docket
10. Restriction Practice
11. Divisional/Continuation Practice
12. Claiming Priority
13. Term
14. Patent Marking
15. Design Patent Litigation
    
    1. Validity
       
       1. Obviousness
       2. Functionality
       3. Unenforceability - Inequitable Conduct
       4. Other common defenses
    2. Infringement
       
       1. Markman determinations of claim meaning and scope
       2. Ordinary Observer Test
       3. Point of Novelty Test
       4. Doctrine of Equivalents
       5. Prosecution History Estopple
    3. Remedies
       
       1. Injunctions - Preliminary & Permanent
       2. Damages
       3. Profits
       4. Willful Infringement

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