The USPTO issued significant new supplemental guidance (Guidance) on March 13, 2026, updating its rules for design patent protection of computer-generated icons ...

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates prior USPTO practice guidelines for the examination of design patent ...

Many of you have heard of the recent patent litigation in the United States involving the companies Apple Inc. and Samsung. One of the three design patents that were involved in that case was actually ...

Developed an image processing tool that includes the following examples: A GUI for filtering noisy images using different types of noise filters. A GUI for image registration using cross-correlation ...

A user interface close user interfaceThe means by which a user interacts with a computer or device. is a program or a suite of programs that allow a user to interact with a computer. A graphical user ...

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As mentioned in a previous blog, Under the topic of industrial designs, the 48th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) ...

As AI continues to gain new momentum and traction across industries, its technologies are advancing across tools that many companies utilize in their day-to-day. From automation and audits to data ...