Please feel free to explore this virtual campus - all dedicated to design patent law and practice.
Here you will find video lessons, a comprehensive legal outline, description and comment on design patent cases at the trial level and on appeal, design patent case alerts, tips on prosecution practice, articles, and other resources as well.
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Robert is author of BNA's forthcoming treatise Design Patent Law and Practice.
Currently Working On: Surveys for Design Patent Litigation - Part 2
New ✶ Case Alerts ✶
Alibaba.com Hong Kong Limited v. P.S. Products, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36749 (N.D. Cal. March 19, 2012)
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Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38508 (N.D. Cal. March 20, 2012)
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SFD Enterprises, Inc. v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38814 (E.D. Mich. March 22, 2012)
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New Articles:
Surveys for Design Patent Litigation - Part 1 (link to Intellectual Property Today)
Use of Experts in Design Patent Litigation - Part 2 (full article - reprinted by permission))
New Design Patents:
Search here, courtesy Axel Nix.
Design Patent Perspective Articles published by Intellectual Property Today:
(reprinted by permission)
The Fascinating Design Patent
The Ordinary Observer Test - Part 1
The Ordinary Observer Test - Part 2
The Ordinary Observer Test - Part 3
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law - Part 1
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law - Part 2
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law - Part 3
Use of Experts in Design Patent Litigation - Part 1
Robert G. Oake, Jr. is a Registered Patent Attorney and Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He holds two LL.M (Master of Law) Degrees, including an LL.M in Patent and Intellectual Property Law (with highest honors) from the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
Robert is a monthly columnist for Intellectual Property Today where he writes on current topics in design patent litigation and prosecution in his column Design Patent Perspective.
Robert was lead trial and appellate counsel for Egyptian Goddess, Inc. in the landmark case Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa, decided en banc by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in 2008. He has twice has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property Litigation (2006, 2008).
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