International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 8
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.26.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CHINA IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- RULES OF ORIGIN: “Made in USA” Marking Update
- ANTI-DUMPING IN THE U.S.: The U.S. Department of Commerce formulates comments submitted in response to the U.S.-adverse WTO Appellate Body Report in United States – Zeroing
- FCPA: U.S. Business Optimism Tempered by Corruption in Southeast Asia
- U.S. SANCTIONS
- INTERNATIONAL IP PROTECTION: Supreme Court Decision Likely to Generate More Intellectual Property Import Protection (Section 337) Cases
- MARKET ACCESS: Korea-U.S. FTA Negotiators Set a Fast Pace in First Round of Negotiations
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Design patents offer protection for the ornamental appearance of a product, focusing on aspects like its shape and surface decoration, as opposed to the functional aspects protected by utility patents. The scope of a design patent is defined by the drawings and any descriptive language within the patent itself. Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit emphasize the need for clarity in the prosecution history of a design patent in order to preserve desired scope to preserve intentional narrowing (and to avoid unintentional sacrifice of desired claim scope).
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DOJ Announces Major Enforcement Actions Targeting North Korean Remote IT Worker Schemes
