Service: Design Patents
The design of a product or innovation can be of great value and consideration should be given to how best to protect this asset as part of your intellectual property portfolio. Design patent protection can protect against counterfeits and competing products that can potentially direct sales revenue to competitors and damage your brand.
Design patents protect the ornamental appearance of an article or manufactured product. Design patents can also be obtained to protect the appearance of graphical user interfaces, effectively protecting the user experiences of innovative software. Utilizing design patents as part of a sophisticated IP portfolio strategy may be advantageous for some businesses.
Our dedicated in-house patent illustration capabilities enable our attorneys and clients to work closely together to capture the essence of designs in the form of skilled patent illustrations. We produce accurate design illustrations that comply with the USPTO requirements and anticipate the requirements of foreign patent offices.
For 95 years, COJK has assisted clients in the United States and around the world to obtain and enforce these valuable IP assets, assisting with:
- Preparing and prosecuting design patents in the U.S., including leveraging expedited examination and other mechanisms to accelerate issuance
- Developing foreign design patent/industrial design right portfolios through our network of trusted foreign counsel and Hague Convention filings
- Enforcing design patents in federal court, including obtaining injunctions and damages
- Implementing anti-counterfeiting campaigns
- Defending clients accused of design patent infringement
- Representing clients in administrative proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board
- Assessing freedom to operate (FTO), design landscape, patentability, and validity
- Obtaining broadening reissues
