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Design Day 2024
presented by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
May 9, 2024
Alexandria, Virginia
The USPTO's annual Design Day gathers USPTO Design Examiners, Managers, Design Patent Practitioners, and Industrial Designers from across the country for lively and thought-provoking discussions about various aspects of design patents, from conception through enforcement.
Cantor Colburn LLP's Design Patents Practice Group is ranked #4 for U.S. design patents, and has been in the top ten for more than a decade. Jenae Gureff, Partner and experienced design patent attorney, will attend the 17th Annual USPTO Design Day on May 9, 2024.
Cantor Colburn LLP's Design Patents Practice Group is ranked #4 for U.S. design patents, and has been in the top ten for more than a decade. Jenae Gureff, Partner and experienced design patent attorney, will attend the 17th Annual USPTO Design Day on May 9, 2024.
Topics include:
- Update from the Director of Technology Center 2900
- USPTO Developments including updates on Hague, ID5, and Design Law Treaty initiatives
- Report from Japan Patent Office on its Study of Industrial Design Competitiveness and Design
- Return of the popular Patent Prosecution Best Practices Panel where experienced practitioners and USPTO examiners discuss recent examination and prosecution trends
- Presentations from major corporations on strategic protection and enforcement of designs, including Microsoft Corporation, Sugarfina, Inc., and more
- Panel discussion about the challenges of enforcement of design rights on the Internet
- Case law summaries on important design patent decisions over the past year, from the Federal Circuit, district court, and PTAB
