“The ‘more flexible approach’ adopted this week will unquestionably give [design patent] challengers more latitude to argue that prior art warrants a finding of obviousness.” Applications for design ...

“Perhaps the recent movement and call for a change to the patent bar requirement, as applied to design patents, is [one] tangible, executable action item that will make the intellectual property ...

A new Nintendo patent may reveal the design of the Nintendo Switch 2, and thus our first, rough look at the new Nintendo console. The patent in question was first filed in late 2022, but only ...

Samsung‘s long-awaited smart ring, the Galaxy Ring, may finally go official next week. The company is expected to launch the wearable at Unpacked on July 10. In the meantime, a new patent application ...

We explore the human factor in the patent design-around process. Alexandre Gauthier from Soucy International shares insights from his aerospace and space industry background. Learn how he helps SMEs ...

Mazda Motor has been granted a patent for a design method for a vehicle control system. The method involves determining whether an operation-signal generation unit should be provided in a zone ECU or ...