Intellectual Property
Jul. 12, 2022
Combining design patent and trade dress for optimal IP protection
At first blush, a combination of design patent and trademark might appear implausible and counter intuitive as these IP rights are considered distinct and independent of each other, motivated by different public policy purposes.
Dariush Adli
President
ADLI Law Group
444 S Flower St
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Email: adli@adlilaw.com
Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI
In today’s super-competitive world of trade and commerce, Intellectual Property (IP) is a key tool for securing market exclusivity and distinguishing covered products and services from same or similar ones offered by competitors. This article discusses two such IP rights – design patent and trade dress – and explores conditions and circumstances where they may be combined to enhance and extend protections afforded to the covered items.
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