Design

Analysis

Determining the Article of Manufacture in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Design Patents

There’s a super interesting article just published in the AIPLA quarterly journal by one our (Banner Witcoff’s) law clerks, Sonia Okolie, on design patents within augmented and virtual reality. She does a…

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Lawsuits

Apple v Samsung Oral Args at Supreme Court

For those following the Apple v. Samsung design patent wars, here’s a good synopsis of the oral arguments that were held this morning at the United States Supreme Court. If the link…

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Lawsuits

Apple v. Samsung appeal decided: design patents good, trade dress bad.

May 18, 2015: Today the Federal Circuit decided the appeal in the first Apple v. Samsung case, upholding a majority of Apple’s damages award, namely, damages attributable to patent infringement.  However, the…

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Lawsuits

P.S. Products v. Activision Blizzard – Dismissed!

P.S. PRODUCTS, INC. v. ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.,  Case No. 4:13-cv-00342-KGB United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Activision delivers a knockout punch. P.S. Products had sued Activision Blizzard for…

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Lawsuits

New Case – P.S. Products and Billy Pennington v. Activision Blizzard, et. al.

P.S. Products and Billy Pennington v. Activision Blizzard, et. al. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas File No: 4:13 cv 342 KGB, filed on June 5, 2013 P.S.Products…

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