The maker of a self-massage tool marketed to rock climbers didn’t infringe a California-based rival’s patented massager design, the Federal Circuit said.

Federal courts continue to grapple with whether profit disgorgement for design patent infringement is a legal remedy for juries or an equitable ...

In 2025, design patent law continued to evolve across institutions, jurisdictions, and borders. It was a busy year for design patent cases at the ...

The latest batch of Sony patents includes a highly unusual controller design that lacks most features one would normally ...

“We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the ...

(CNN) — Apple convinced a federal jury on Friday that health monitoring tech company Masimo’s smartwatches infringe two of its design patents. The jury, in Delaware, agreed with Apple that Masimo’s W1 ...

“[O]ur elimination of the rigid Rosen-Durling test is compelled by both the statute and Supreme Court precedent.” – CAFC opinion But in June 2023, the court granted an increasingly rare en banc review ...

TVS Motor Company has filed a design patent in India for its stunt-focused RTR HyprStunt motorcycle, first showcased at EICMA ...

Ram has officially secured a U.S. design patent for the Rampage, its midsize pickup currently sold outside the United States. The patent, granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (hat tip to ...

A registered community design, often referred to as an "RCD," is the European equivalent to a U.S. design patent. Similar to a U.S. design patent, an RCD only protects the ornamental or outward ...

In May, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in 'LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations', which marks a significant shift away from the prior and more rigid 'Rosen-Durling test', toward a more ...