Category: Industrial Designs

I live in aptly named Summit Country, Colorado at an altitude of about 9000 feet (about 2750 meters) above sea level.  (The photograph at the top of this blog page shows some of the mountains where I live, including two “fourteeners“, Grays Peak, which I have climbed, and Torreys Peak.)  The point of this blog article is that every year, about twice a year, a swarm of several dozen Detroit test cars arrives in Summit County.  This spring’s swarm of Detroit test cars has arrived, and this photograph shows one of them. Continue reading “Industrial Designs and Detroit test cars”

Design Day 2018 took place as scheduled on April 25, 2018 in the Madison auditorium (with remote events at regional patent offices).  Here you can see a portion of the audience.  The room was packed.

The program, which you can see here, was excellent.  Here are most of the slide presentations:

• • State of the Technology Center – Karen Young
  • Beyond the USPTO: Design Developments Across the Globe – Courtney Stopp
  • Prosecution Practices Panel
  • Report from the Front Lines:  Patent Office Proceedings – George Raynal
  • Federal Circuit Year in Review – Alexis Simpson
  • Protecting Designs – Michael Blankstein (Scientific Games)
  • Report from the Front Line:  US District Courts – Dunstan Barnes

(Update:  see the comment below.  The event is now sold out.)

Every year, the USPTO Design Day sells out. This year will be no exception.  As of right now, only two openings are left.

To find out more, or to register, click here.

A few days ago the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered an opinion in the case of Doceram v. CeramTec.  This is an industrial designs case exploring how you may know the scope of protection for an article as a function of the extent to which the appearance of the article is solely dictated by its technical function. Continue reading “A design decision from Europe”

Registration is now open for USPTO Design Day 2018.

Design Day 2018 will take place Wednesday, April 25 in the Madison auditorium at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

This event always sells out.  So if you are planning to attend, don’t delay.  Register now. Continue reading “Register now for USPTO Design Day 2018”