Applicants should consider how including multiple embodiments in a design patent application may later impact the scope of protection. In Advantek Mktg. v. Shanghai Walk-Long Tools [1], the US Court ...
Addressing the intersection of claim scope and prosecution history estoppel for design patents, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that prosecution history estoppel does not ...
Advantek LLC, a maker of carrier tape and protective packaging, is being sold from one private equity firm to another. The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company is now majority owned by Cornell Capital ...