This presentation will explore how LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. Operations LLC, 102 F.4th 1280 (Fed. Cir. 2024) changed the obviousness test for design patents and what the change means on a practical level for design patent practitioners. The presentation will explore how examiner training post-LKQ may impact design prosecution and how to handle obviousness rejections in the current landscape.
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This program will be filed for Tennessee CLE credit. Please email a request to cle@tnbar.org for Georgia and Mississippi CLE credit.