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35 U.S.C. § 173

Section 173 - Term of design patent
Section 173 - Term of design patent

4 Analyses of this statute by attorneys

  1. The Overlap Of Intellectual Properties In Product Design

    Brooks Kushman P.C.Michael TurnerOctober 12, 2021

    View the article here. 35 USC 101, et seq. 35 USC 171. 35 USC 173. 15 USC 1125(a) and 15 USC 1127; Two Pesos, Inc v Taco Cabana, Inc, 505 US 763, 770; 112 S Ct 2753; 120 L Ed 2d 615 (1992).Two Pesos, 505 US at 769 and Inwood Laboratories, Inc v Ives Laboratories, Inc, 456 U.S. 844, 851, n 11; 102 S Ct 2182; 72 L Ed 2d 606 (1982).

  2. Is Congress Finally Getting Serious About Curtailing Design Patents in the Auto Industry?

    Foley & Lardner LLPDavid RoodJune 27, 2017

    Currently, owners of design patents have the right to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, or selling any patented invention, within the United States or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the design patent (35 U.S.C. § 271(a)). The term for a design patent is 15 years from the date of grant (35 U.S.C. § 173). If the PARTS Act is enacted, the Act would affect the rights of owners of design patents claiming exterior component parts of motor vehicles in two ways.

  3. A Brief History of the Patent Law of the United States

    Ladas & Parry LLPMay 27, 2014

    Term of all design patents fixed at fourteen years from grant. 35 USC 173. 5.

  4. Protection of Designs in the United States

    Ladas & Parry LLPJohn RichardsMay 8, 2014

    155.[94] 35 USC 173. Please note that applications filed on or after the date on which the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (the “Hague Agreement”) becomes effective in the U.S. will have a term of protection of 15 years from the grant of the design patent.