International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 3
Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.18.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS: Origin rules create risks as well as opportunities
- AVIATION: Huge fines in QRS-11 sensor cases underscore importance of properly classifying exports
- EXPORT CONTROLS: The U.S. continues to assert jurisdiction over re-exports of U.S.-made content in non-U.S. made components
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Revised International Trademark Law Treaty Adopted
- CHINA: Recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement-related Developments in China
- BILATERAL TRADE: American investors conducting business in Uruguay may soon have an additional source of protection for their foreign investments
- SANCTIONS: Cuban embargo enforcement lands Sheraton in violation of Mexican Law
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.20.25
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
