http://www.technicallylegal.org/the-google-patent-patent/ Technology and the law. Done right. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.technicallylegal.org/the-google-patent-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Norm Gilman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:39:41 +0000 http://www.technicallylegal.org/?p=406#comment-410 You are correct, as I've recently written, "Design patents might have been called the “Jan Brady” of intellectual property; the awkward, middle child always overshadowed by her more popular, older sister, “Utility, Utility, Utility!” But after some good press, Google’s homepage design patent, and some good rulings, Egyptian Goddess v. Torkiya, design patents are starting to shine on their own and demonstrate their place in a mature, well conceived IP strategy." You are correct, as I’ve recently written, “Design patents might have been called the “Jan Brady” of intellectual property; the awkward, middle child always overshadowed by her more popular, older sister, “Utility, Utility, Utility!” But after some good press, Google’s homepage design patent, and some good rulings, Egyptian Goddess v. Torkiya, design patents are starting to shine on their own and demonstrate their place in a mature, well conceived IP strategy.”

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