Fed Circ refuses to ‘rewrite’ design patent law in Ford win
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit refused yesterday to import the doctrine of ‘aesthetic functionality’ from trademark law into the realm of design patents, as it ruled in favour of Ford in an appeal from the Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA).
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10 March 2020 The US Supreme Court yesterday, March 9, rejected two disputes covering design patents in the automobile sector and the provision of inaccurate information to the US Copyright Office.