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In NYC, looking for something cool to do for under $20? There are still a few tickets available for tomorrow’s #DesignDay at #BrooklyNavyYard.

#robotics #engineering #design #creative #tech #brooklyn #nyc #todo #weekend

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In NYC, looking for something cool to do for under $20? There are still a few tickets available for tomorrow’s #DesignDay at #BrooklyNavyYard. #robotics #engineering #design #creative #tech #brooklyn #nyc #todo #weekend

Design Day at the Yard 2025

Register here to attend #DesignDay 2024: https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-17th-annual-design-day

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Via AIPLA: #DesignDay 2024 will be Thursday, May 9:

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To recap yesterday's #DesignDay:

- No announcement about the #PatentBar

- Lots of hating on Curver/SurgiSil

- No mention at all of the biggest thing going on in design patent litigation right now, the #ScheduleA phenomenon*

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* The first-appealed Schedule A design patent case did get mentioned, but only as to its own merits.

And we're done with #DesignDay 2023. No word on the #PatentBar. And only the vaguest allusion to the biggest thing going on in design patent litigation rn (IMHO): #ScheduleA cases.

Young: "Stay tuned to future USPTO-related events and postings." They will "provide their training materials online" and will "be providing webinars over the summer."

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Back to Karen Young, Director, Technology Center 2900.

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Ideavillage (PTAB 2022).

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Ex parte Smith (PTAB 2022).
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Now: Ex parte Grede (PTAB 2022).

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Next up: The breast pump case.

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Finally, the #ScheduleA phenomenon makes an appearance (indirectly) at #DesignDay.

For more on this case, see https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/10/guest-post-about.html

Holtz mentions "blog posts" about the #Wepay cases (from the #Greciaverse), which...I think means me.

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/06/animated-design-patents.html

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Up next: A "Report from the Front Lines" from Rebekah Holtz.

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O'Dea: Even if LKQ waived the Rosen issue here, we may see others pick it up.

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Again, if you're interested in my view on Rosen, see: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/12/defense-rosen-references.html

tl;dr: Rosen is good but the Federal Circuit is applying it too strictly.

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This is a generous explanation of step 2 of the Durling test.

Really, the judges who came up with it didn't even agree on what it meant.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926162

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For my thoughts on the issue raised in the pending motion for en banc review:

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2022/12/defense-rosen-references.html

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And the "major design patent case" is....LKQ!!

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Up next: “Spotlight on a Major Design Patent Case” by Brendan O’Dea. #DesignDay

Okay, back from the last break. Let's go, #DesignDay.

It's probably a good thing that we can't submit questions online. #DesignDay

The next #DesignDay session will be a "Spotlight on a Major Design Patent Case."

What case do you think it will be?

To be clear: People will respect IP rights if they're reasonable. The idea that people should "respect" a claim to a right simply because it cleared USPTO/Copyright Office scrutiny is....really something.

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I'm very grateful for the online attendance option for #DesignDay because, inter alia, I have no poker face.

Allen: "Please respect intellectual property rights." 🙄

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Allen: "Copyright balances artistic craftsmanship against useful articles."

Does it?

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Ugh, here we go.

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Allen: "Why do we care about copyright protection?"

A: "It exists automatically upon creation," but registration has significant benefits--including CBP enforcement at the border (which is not available for design patents).

Copyright also lasts "much, much longer" than a design patent.

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