Legal Opinion
Automotive Body Parts Ass'n v. Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 11, 2019No. 2018-1613PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stoll, Circuit Judge.
This case involves both differences and similarities between design patents and utility patents. A design patent protects a "new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture." 35 U.S.C. § 171 (a). While established law bars design patents on primarily functional designs for lack of ornamentality, utility patents must be functional to be patentable. In many other ways though, design and utility patents are similar. Section 171(b) of Title 35 demands as much, directing that the requirements that apply to "patents for inventions shall apply to patents for…
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