Fed. Circ.'s Apple Ruling Shows Power Of Design Patents

By Ryan Davis (May 18, 2015, 8:36 PM EDT) -- The Federal Circuit's ruling Monday that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s smartphones infringed Apple Inc. design patents and that Apple is entitled to Samsung's entire profits from the infringing products shows how valuable design patents are and may fuel more suits over the overlooked type of intellectual property, attorneys say....

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