Please feel free to explore this virtual campus - all dedicated to design patent law and practice.
Here you will find video lessons, a comprehensive legal outline, description and comment on design patent cases at the trial level and on appeal, design patent case alerts, tips on prosecution practice, articles, and other resources as well.
NEWS:
Currently working on: Use of Experts in Design Patent Litigation - Part 2
Robert is author of BNA's forthcoming treatise Design Patent Law and Practice.
New ✶ Case Alerts ✶
Rip-It Holdings v. Wilson Hunt Int'l
Parker v. Kimberly-Clark Corp
New Articles:
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law - Part 3
Use of Experts in Design Patent Litigation - Part 1
Survey Principles in Design Patent Litigation
New Video Lessons:
Parker v. Kimberly-Clark Infringement Analysis (Sanitary Napkin)
New Design Patents:
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Design Patent Perspective Articles published by Intellectual Property Today:
(reprinted by permission)
The Fascinating Design Patent
The Ordinary Observer Test - Part 1
The Ordinary Observer Test - Part 2
The Ordinary Observer Test - Part 3
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law - Part 1
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law - Part 2
Robert G. Oake, Jr. is a Registered Patent Attorney and Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He holds two LL.M (Master of Law) Degrees, including an LL.M in Patent and Intellectual Property Law (with highest honors) from the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
Robert is a monthly columnist for Intellectual Property Today where he writes on current topics in design patent litigation and prosecution in his column Design Patent Perspective.
Robert was lead trial and appellate counsel for Egyptian Goddess, Inc. in the landmark case Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa, decided en banc by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in 2008. He has twice has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property Litigation (2006, 2008).
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