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21 November 2023PatentsMuireann Bolger

Columbia Sportswear faces heat over ‘unworkable’ design patent test

Dispute over heat reflective design patent has been ongoing for nearly a decade | Petitioner argues that new test contravenes past precedents and will be impossible to enforce.

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