1pIP: Trade Dress
1pIP Summary
March 5, 2021

Trade dress rights protect the packaging (or “dressing”) of a product in the same way that a trademark protects a product’s markings.  Trade dress helps notify the public about who makes or sells the goods that they purchase, and has […]

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1pIP: Marking Your Territory: Virtual Patent Marking
1pIP Summary
January 6, 2021

United States patent law requires a patent holder to provide actual or constructive notice to the public of its utility patents in order to recover damages for infringement of a product patent.  35 U.S.C. § 287(a).  Although the marking requirement […]

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