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Hottest IP Topics of 2024

By Stephen B. Schott | February 6, 2025

Hot intellectual property topics from 2024

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New Standards for Design Patent Obviousness with the LKQ Corp. v. GM ruling

By Stephen B. Schott | May 28, 2024

Imagine someone submitted a design patent for a glass bottle with a contoured hourglass shape. The top was…

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Patent Month In Review: February 2017

By Stephen B. Schott | March 12, 2017

Supplying a Single Part of Many in an Infringing Device Does not Give Rise to Infringement Liability The…

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Quick Hitter: Is It Really Obvious To Combine Those References?

By Stephen B. Schott | January 6, 2017

One justification for a patent office rejection is the brick wall, “It would have been obvious for a…

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