Home Mission Donate Membership Meetings Successes Resources Events News Survey Results Directors Contact Date/Time: 5/10/12, 7:00pm Location: Perkins Hall, Room 101 at The University of Vermont Speakers: John Cohn and Jeff Frolik Topic: "From Science Fiction to Reality, Rapid Prototyping in the Vermont FabLab"

Design Patents Design patents have a place in many intellectual property portfolios. This presentation will cover the relationship between design patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress, and will describe the subject matter that is protectible by a design patent. In a number of respects, design patents are different than utility patents, and so these differences will be explained. The breadth of designs that may be protected will be discussed using recently issued design patents as examples.

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