Design Patent Law in Review

James Aquilina will be speaking at an AIPLA webinar on June. His presentation titled, "Design Patent Law in Review," will provide an accessible, case-by-case review of four key decisions — North Star, Top Brand, In re Floyd and Range of Motion — highlighting the practical lessons each holds for practitioners on both sides of design patent disputes. Topics include:

• The expanding use of the "plainly dissimilar" standard at summary judgment
• The application of prosecution history disclaimer to design patents
• The risks of claiming priority from utility to design applications
• How functionality analysis can dramatically narrow a design patent's scope