In the world-wide battle royale between consumer tech titans Apple and Samsung, design rights have taken center stage. In the U.S., a jury recently awarded Apple $1.05B, representing the largest standing U.S. patent infringement damages award of all time. The lion share of the award relates to Samsung’s infringement of U.S. design patents. In the wake of this blockbuster verdict, companies and practitioners the world over are taking a second, hard look at design rights.

In this CLE, leading design patent attorney Christopher V. Carani will discuss (1) cutting edge design prosecution techniques, many employed by Apple to protect not only the industrial design of its iPhone and iPad, but also the graphic user interfaces and icons, and (2) various design-specific litigation issues implicated by the case, including design patent infringement, functionality, claim construction, obviousness, anticipation and remedies.

Christopher V. Carani, Partner, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL

Damon A. Neagle, Managing Attorney, Design IP, Allentown, PA

Sarah Burstein (Moderator), Associate Professor of Law, The University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK

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