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  • Expert Proves Key to Lifting Injunction ( January 2007 )
    Robert J Ambrogi of

    Expert opinion proved to be the key to vacating a preliminary injunction in a design-patent case recently decided by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The expert's affidavit raised a substantial question as to the validity of the patents, the Federal Circuit found, ruling that the district court erred in finding that plaintiff was likely to succeed on the merits of the case and in issuing the injunction.
  • Design Patents as Alternatives to Utility Patents ( January 2003 )
    M Henry. Heines of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

    Design patents are rarely encountered in the chemical process industry and yet they constitute a significant portion of the patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The proportion is slowly increasing, with approximately one design patent now being granted for every ten utility patents.

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