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  1. What do we think, friends: Are these #SubFeistDesigns?

    In other words, would LV have been able to get valid copyrights on any features of these designs?

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ihqsgbh37qvgpxa5q6quagqc/post/3msswvjtsss2h

  2. That is partly (but not entirely) a rhetorical question. One obvious answer is that they want protection for #SubFeistDesigns.

    papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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  3. If the originality requirement had any teeth, there might be a validity issue here.

    For more on these issues, see: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #SubFeistDesigns

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  4. Third, these both appear, based on what I can tell from the complaint, to be #SubFeistDesigns.

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  5. Third, these both appear, based on what I can tell from the complaint, to be #SubFeistDesigns.

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  6. And although it's not an issue in the patent that stared this thread, the issue of #SubFeistDesigns does seem to be a real driver of at least some of what we're seeing. See papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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  7. And although it's not an issue in the patent that stared this thread, the issue of #SubFeistDesigns does seem to be a real driver of at least some of what we're seeing. See papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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  8. Unlike many instances involving computer-generated images, this isn't #SubFeistDesigns scenario. So there must be something else going on.

  9. Unlike many instances involving computer-generated images, this isn't #SubFeistDesigns scenario. So there must be something else going on.

  10. Side note: Here are the plaintiff's design patents. #SubFeistDesigns

  11. Side note: Here are the plaintiff's design patents. #SubFeistDesigns

  12. Okay, so I pulled the final (high image quality) patent and there are, in fact, some solid lines. Still #SubFeistDesigns imho

  13. Stepping back from the merits, are these really the kinds of designs we should be patenting? Are they actually ornamental? Original? Or are these just backdoor utility models? patents.google.com/patent/USD94... #SubFeistDesigns

    USD947944S1 - Roll of pre-cut ...

  14. Key point: Copyright already protects disembodied designs--assuming they can meet copyright's (low!) standards. Copyright is free. So why would people want to pay (a lot) more to get design patents? Among other reasons, it's to get protection for #SubFeistDesigns. See generally:

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  15. And if you're wondering: Wait, don't 102/103 set a higher bar than Feist? No. No, they don't. #SubFeistDesigns

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  16. Anyway, if there *were* a design continuation for one of these, it might lead so some interesting discussion examples about #SubFeistDesigns

  17. You may see some designs of interest tagged here with #SubFeistDesigns

  18. D884,070 - issued in 2020 for a design for an "asset tag label sheet assembly." #DesignPatents #SubFeistDesigns

  19. Note that disembodied designs are already protectable under U.S. (copyright) law. This is--at least largely--about getting protection for #SubFeistDesigns

  20. @meredithlowry Okay, so I pulled up the submitted drawing and, wow, literally just the outlines. #SubFeistDesigns