Legal Opinion
Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 22, 2008No. 19-1544PublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
We granted rehearing en banc in this design patent case to address the appropriate legal standard to be used in assessing claims of design patent infringement.
Appellant Egyptian Goddess, Inc., (“EGI”) brought this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging that Swisa, Inc., and Dror Swisa (collectively, “Swisa”) had infringed EGI’s U.S. Design Patent No. 467,389 (“the '389 patent”). The patent claimed a design for a nail buffer, consisting of a rectangular, hollow tube having a generally square cross-section and featuring…
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