/PRNewswire/ The global medical tubing expander market size is estimated to grow by USD 1.95 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is.
Design patents protect new, original, and ornamental designs for articles of manufacture. However, under Section 103 of Title 35 of the U.S. Code, a design patent may not be obtained.
In LKQ Corp. vs. GM, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), sitting en banc, overruled the long-standing Rosen-Durling test used to assess non-obviousness.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overhauled the standards for assessing the invalidity of design patents based on obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
This week, the full Federal Circuit overruled its decades-old test for deciding whether a design patent is invalid as obvious. LKQ Corp. v. GM Glob. Tech. Operations LLC, No. 2021-2348, 2024 WL 2280728.