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KTIPS is an intensive, two-day patent strategy and protection seminar designed to provide insightful and in-depth training related to current developments in patent law, and how those impact patent procurement and enforcement strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Below are key takeaways from their presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Domestic US Designs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust the number of figures (e.g., perspective view) to aptly capture complex contours of a design being claimed \u2013 especially when you know you will be filing your design in a jurisdiction that does not allow shading (e.g., China).<\/li>\n<li>Weigh the pros\/cons of filing multiple embodiments carefully \u2013 more embodiments may cover more scope but run a higher risk of drawing a restriction requirement, which may necessitate subsequent DIV applications.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid using photographs for a design patent \u2013 they are fraught with many pitfalls. If necessary for a last minute filing, file another application with properly formatted drawings as soon as possible. Though you may lose foreign priority, many foreign jurisdictions have a \u201cgrace\u201d period, which leaves foreign filing options open in most of the major countries\/regions even after a public disclosure.<\/li>\n<li>Go BIG with GUIs \u2013 there is a lot of white space out there and very broad GUI designs can be captured. Use dashed lines liberally.<\/li>\n<li>GUIs with highly data driven visualizations (e.g., stylistic graphs, charts, etc.) can be patented! What may seem like a narrow patent with unique, data-specific visualizations have two advantages \u2013 (1) they can be easier to get to allowance; and (2) allegedly infringing products can likely be loaded with data to create the same data-specific visualizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Front load filings with formatting to accommodate all target jurisdictions \u2013 this will ensure a 1-to-1 match for later foreign filed applications for a clean priority chain. You can subsequently and immediately file a preliminary amendment to pare down the set of figures to only those needed for US prosecution. This should be done immediately to avoid examination and complex restriction requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. China Designs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>China design patent term has increased from 10 years to 15 years from the date of filing.<\/li>\n<li>Protection for partial designs is now allowed! Dashed lines can now be used.<\/li>\n<li>NOTE: as of July 2022, no guidance has been provided to Chinese examiners on how to examine partial designs, so some push back and rejections may still occur during the transition.<\/li>\n<li>Chinese-filed designs can now claim domestic priority to earlier filed Chinese designs. This is akin to a CON application in the US, with a six-month, post-filing window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Design Patent Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IP creators should consider design patents as a way of extending their utility patent\u2019s exclusive rights.<\/li>\n<li>IP creators should consider design patents as a way of extending their brand protection.<\/li>\n<li>Compared with Trade Dress: A design patent is not intended to identify source of goods.<\/li>\n<li>An applicant can secure design patent protection even if the design does not mean anything yet in the minds of your potential customer.<\/li>\n<li>An applicant can receive trade dress protection even if the design is not new.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For certain types of products, such as product configurations and packaging, parallel track protection is recommended, to secure a combination of design patents, trade dress and copyrights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Design Patent Advantages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design patent protection offers advantages of lower cost and speed (no need to develop secondary meaning). However, to be entitled to design protection, the design must be new.<\/li>\n<li>Design patents promote the opportunity to develop distinctiveness \/ secondary meaning.<\/li>\n<li>Design patents do offer advantages for securing protection as compared to trademarks.<\/li>\n<li>Enforcement advantages as compared to trademarks or copyrights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Enforcement Options \u2013 Short of Filing a Complaint:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Platform\u2013specific options (e.g., Amazon Procedure(s)).<\/li>\n<li>Platform-specific process, can involve various levels of analysis\/evaluations\/ outcome\/appeals.\n<ul>\n<li>Typical to obtain less than consistent results<\/li>\n<li>Eventually may have to: write letter to the infringer; also consider other supply chain actors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mapping and monitoring of IP rights for unauthorized copies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6. Elements of a Good Notice Letter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recipient: confirm who, where and how, email, mail, UPS, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Introduction: let them know who you are: attorneys representing______ .<\/li>\n<li>What the issue is: our client makes _____.<\/li>\n<li>Be specific with the notice: identify the product, the knock-off and the Patent No.<\/li>\n<li>Begin with assumption of positive intent.<\/li>\n<li>Be specific with the demands, be reasonable, be rational. e.g.:\n<ul>\n<li>Cease and desist from any and all infringing activity.<\/li>\n<li>Identify the source of infringing products so that our client can address the issue with the supplier.<\/li>\n<li>Dispose of related molds and any stock; and send evidence, such as pictures, of the disposal.<\/li>\n<li>Within 15 business days, ship to______________ all stock of the products within your control and our client shall destroy all such stock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please contact:<br \/>\nBabak Kusha, bkusha@ktslaw.com<br \/>\nJustin Eurek, jeurek@ktslaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.ktslaw.com.cn\/en\/6-key-takeaways-must-knows-in-design-patents-for-patent-professionals-and-in-house-counsel\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publication"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 KEY TAKEAWAYS Must-Knows in Design Patents for Patent Professionals and In-House Counsel - Kilpatrick<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kilpatrick Partners Babak Kusha and Justin Eurek recently presented \u201cMust-Knows in Design Patents for Patent Professionals and In-House Counsel\u201d at the firms Kilpatrick Intellectual Property Seminar (KTIPS). 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