Opening a Can of Worms for Design Patent Obviousness?, PTAB Litigation
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Design patent obviousness requires a heavy threshold burden of proof. Challengers have to find a "primary reference," i.e., prior art that has "basically the same" design characteristics as the claimed design.
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