Federal Circuit Overhauls Design Patent Law, Setting New Obviousness Standard

The Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC represents a significant development in design patent law. This ruling overruled three decades of precedent, introducing a new standard for assessing the obviousness of design patents. The new benchmark raises numerous questions for legal practitioners, offering potential shifts in how design patent disputes may be litigated in the future, as highlighted by Sean Murray and Jeremiah Helm at Knobbe Martens. For detailed analysis, refer to the original article.