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Federal Circuit Tackles Conflicting Design Patent Tests and Online Enforcement in Easlick Appeal

Two pivotal Federal Circuit cases probe the 'plainly dissimilar' test's impact on design patent law and the procedural challenges of mass online infringement suits

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The Federal Circuit is simultaneously addressing two design patent disputes that question the validity and application of the 'plainly dissimilar' test from Egyptian Goddess. In Range of Motion Products v. Armaid, the court considers an en banc petition challenging the test's inversion of the ordinary observer standar…
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Federal Circuit Tackles Conflicting Design Patent Tests and Online Enforcement in Easlick Appeal The Federal Circuit is simultaneously addressing two design patent disputes that question the validity and application of the 'plainly dissimilar' test from Egyptian Goddess. In Range of Motion Products v. Armaid, the c... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/federal-circuit-tackles-conflicting-design-patent-tests-and-online-enforcement-in-easlick-appeal

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