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IP Impact: Design Patents
Mike Trenholm
Ali Razai
Terry Tullis
Palo Alto – November 6, 2014
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Part I: Design Patent Overview
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Apple vs. Samsung
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Apple vs. Samsung
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What is a Design Patent?
• 35 U.S.C. §171: An Ornamental Design for an Article of Manufacture
• For example:
– Configuration, Shape, Surface Ornamentation
– Only the Appearance, Not Structural or Utilitarian Features
• Original/Non-obvious
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Differences Between Utility and Design Patents
• Patent Term
– 14 years from Grant of Design Patent
– HAGUE adoption to 15 years
• No Maintenance Fees
• Single Claim
• No Application Publication
• Foreign Filing within 6 months (vs 12 months for Utility)
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Ins and Outs of the Specification
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
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Drawings
• 7 views
Perspective Front Back Right
Side
Left
Side
Top Bottom
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Example Subject Matter
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Benefits & Weaknesses of Design Applications
• Cost
– Relatively inexpensive compared to utility applications
– No maintenance fees
• Speed to issuance
– 50% issue within 12 months
– Some as soon as 7 months
– Expedited as fast as 2-4 months
– Higher allowance rate than utility applications
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Benefits & Weaknesses of Design Applications
• Patent Coverage
– Deter wholesale copying & knock-offs
– Overlapping protection with utility patents
• Largest Holders include:
– Sony, Samsung, Nike, Goodyear, Motorola, P&G, Cannon, Black & Decker, Honda, Kohler
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Benefits & Weaknesses of Design Applications
• Litigation
– Infringement - Ordinary Observer test Egyptian Goddess (Fed. Cir. 2008).
• With knowledge of the prior art
• No need for written claim construction
– Obviousness – Ordinary Designer test
– Invalidity for Functional Limitations
• Overall appearance “dictated by” utilitarian purpose of the article
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Benefits & Weaknesses of Design Applications
• Damages
– Reasonable Royalty, attorneys fees; or
– Infringer’s profits (35 U.S.C §289)
• Can be multiple parties profits
• Not available to utility patents
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Part II: Design Patent Strategies
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What your Attorney Needs from You
• Timing
– U.S. v. Foreign
• Drawings or Actual Device
• Knowledge of key features of design
• Knowledge of features most likely to be copied/changed
• Your Careful Review of Application Prior to Filing
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I have a product, now what?
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I have a product, now what?
• Evaluate all areas of IP
– Utility Patent
– Trademark
– Trade Secret
– Copyright
– Design Patent
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Design Patent Strategy
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Design Patent Strategy
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Webpage - D599,372
The single view is a front
view of a graphical user
interface for a display
screen of a
communications
terminal.
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Webpage
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Webpage
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Moving Image – D670,713
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Contrast & Color - D652,165
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Overall Design & Parts
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Medical Devices
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Medical Devices
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Part III: Design Patent Litigation
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Types of Patents
• Patent: prevent others from making, using or selling invention.
– Utility Patent
– Design Patent
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The Infusion Pump
The Accused Device The Patented Product
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Utility Patent Claim
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The Bed Extender
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Competitor’s Product
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Utility Patent Claim
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Design Patent
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Design Patent Claim
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Ordinary Observer Test
“If in the eye of an ordinary observer, given such attention as a purchaser usually gives, two designs are substantially the same . . . the resemblance is such as to deceive such an observer, inducing him to purchase one supposing it to be the other.”
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Utility Patent Infringement
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Design Patent Infringement
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Comparison
Utility Patent
• Expensive to get
• Claim Construction
• Complicated Local Patent Rules
• Summary Judgment
• Difficult to Prove Damages
Design Patent
• Cheap to get
• Often No Claim Construction
• Usually No Local Patent Rules
• Summary Judgment More Difficult
• Disgorgement of Profits—even if you’re an NPE
• Easier to design around
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Damages for Patent Infringement
• Lost profits
• Disgorgement of profits (only design patents)
• Reasonable royalty
• Treble Damages
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Damages for Patent Infringement
35 U.S.C. § 284
damages adequate to compensate for the infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use made of the invention by the infringer, together with interest and costs as fixed by the court.
… the court may increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed
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Additional Remedy Available for Design Patent Infringement
35 U.S.C. § 289
… shall be liable to the owner to the extent of his total profit, but not less than $250 ….
Disgorgement of total profits under Section 289 cannot be trebled
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Attorneys’ Fees For Patent Infringement
35 U.S.C. § 285
The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.
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Oakley Example
Accused Product U.S. Pat. No. D564,571