A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has changed the standard approach to evaluating questions of patent validity—in particular, the question of whether a patented design is obvious—for design patents.

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Redesigning Obviousness: Federal Circuit’s New Test for Obviousness in Design Patents

*Nick Manzella, a Baker Botts summer associate, assisted in the preparation of this article.

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