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LKQ v. GM 800 Days Later: What's the State of Design Patent Obviousness Law? | JD Supra

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By Dunstan H Barnes
| JD Supra
As I put pen to paper to begin writing this Snippet, we are exactly 800 days on from May 21, 2024, when an en banc United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Tech. Operations LLC. Before that case was decided, many design law enthusiasts-a merry group to which I belong-had thought that the case might upend design law, rendering a vast number of existing and future design rights potentially invalid as obvious.
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USPTO Moves to Protect Design Rights for Digital Innovations

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By Dunstan H Barnes, Catalina Medrano
| JD Supra
On March 12, 2026, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John A. Squires announced new supplemental guidance regarding examination of design patent applications related to computer-generated interfaces and icons. Prior to this announcement, the U.S. was lagging behind three of the other four major design jurisdictions (the European Union, Japan, and the Republic of Korea) in protecting digital designs for augmented and virtual reality.
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Federal Circuit Misses the Mark on Design Patent Non-Infringement | JD Supra

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By Dunstan H Barnes, Catalina Medrano
| JD Supra
On February 2, 2026, a divided Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement in Range of Motion v. Armaid.
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