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While design patents have protected products that are both functional and decorative for over a hundred years, there is a persistent and incorrect belief
S. 3523, the Innovative Design Protection Act of 2012, introduced into the Senate on September 10 by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), is the latest in a series of efforts by Congress to extend intellectual property protection to fashion designs
On December 1, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to send the bill titled the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (S.3728) (the “IDPPPA”) to the full Senate for a vote
In a case alleging infringement of the unregistered trade dress of four furniture models, the Middle District of North Carolina declined plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction, finding the plaintiff had failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success in proving that the various designs had acquired secondary meaning
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that the declaratory-judgment defendant's registered design for an x-frame chair was functional and thus unprotectable
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Jurisdiction - USA
Workarea - Designs and trade secrets
Firm Name - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
