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#goodcatch; just more #lazyreporting on #appsung; indeed, on remand, award of total profits from entire phone ($399m) is MOST likely outcome

#appsung "[r]uling Apple can’t claim the total profit of Samsung phones for infringing on design patents" Wrong! bit.ly/2iRQ1vu



You make some fair criticisms, but cut Prof. Burstein (@designlaw) some slack. She is just trying to make sense of a poorly written opinion, which she concedes needs a rewrite. Like #DesignPatents, the @Columbia1938 opinion needs attention. #FedCir


DOJ: When AOM is end product, "§289 does not permit infringer to show that profit is attributable to aspects other than patented design."


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Starting our Creativity & Innovation seminar w Landes&Posner and @marklemley on #economics of #IntellectualProperty. @CardozoIPIL


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Good news for harmonisation: colour to become a registrable feature of an industrial design in Canada

We’ve modernized our industrial #design office practices! Take a look at the changes ow.ly/lENO30838dK

CIPO_Canada's tweet image. We’ve modernized our industrial #design office practices! Take a look at the changes ow.ly/lENO30838dK


Patentee's AOM for purposes of 171 does not dictate relevant AOM for 289 profits. #applesandoranges #designpatents


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Relevant AOM can be entire end product #SCOTUS made that clear. No apportionment of innards @FOSSpatents #appsung

All good points. My main point is that innards are still in play IF RAOM is end product, which SCOTUS contemplates.



Yes @VisualParlance. Once AOM is determined, there is NO apportionment for "innards" @FOSSpatents @ProfDezine

that's true but irrelevant. #SCOTUS held AOM COULD be entire smartphone. If shown, ALL profits from ENTIRE smartphone awarded.



One thing for certain in #appsung: no apportionment on Article of Manufacture #designpatents #FedCir #designpatent

This part of the opinion is clear. J.Sotomayor even writes "total profit" is "ALL profit from prohibited conduct"



J.Kennedy #appsung: “market studies to see how the design affected the consumer is APPORTIONMENT, which runs headlong into the statute"


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Two #289 cases headed to #FedCir - Nordock and Apple; Note: Duo of O'Malley and Chen will be on BOTH 3-judge panels #designpatents #appsung


In #appsung, Court states “‘Total’, of course, means ALL.” No apportioning out innards, brand value, materials used, functionality, etc.


Agree; that principal is bedrock. But tougher issue is when design patent dots out portion of product. See #SCOTUS

When design of entire product is claimed, total profits from sale of entire product are disgorged. #designpatents



Odd that article is discussing patentees "lost profits." Section 289 regards only infringer's ill-gotten profits.


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