{"id":3081,"date":"2021-08-07T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2021-08-15T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:01:54","slug":"defendants-trademark-avoids-design-patent-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3081","title":{"rendered":"Defendant&#8217;s Trademark Avoids Design Patent Infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 6, 2021, a California federal jury decided that  Seirus Innovative Accessories did not infringe Columbia Sportswear&#8217;s U.S. Patent No. D657,093.  Their verdict is notable because nearly four years ago, a jury reached the opposite result and awarded Colombia Sportswear $3.4 million before the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-1024x294.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-1024x294.png 1024w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-768x220.png 768w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-1000x288.png 1000w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1-500x144.png 500w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-1.png 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombia&#8217;s patent was on a wave design applied to the lining of sportswear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schwabe.com\/assets\/htmlimages\/heat%20reflective%20materal.jpg\" alt=\"heat reflective material\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seirus used a similar wave patter on its liners, but interspersed the design with its trademark:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schwabe.com\/assets\/htmlimages\/serius%20materail.jpg\" alt=\"Serius materials\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Circuit vacated the verdict because the district court granted summary judgment of infringement, rather than allowing the jury to determine infringement, and because the district court misapplied <em>L.A. Gear<\/em> for the proposition that logos should be wholly disregarded in the design-infringement analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jury instruction was fairly standard, and did not even mention the possible effects of the presence of defendant&#8217;s trademark on the infringement determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image.png 738w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 6, 2021, a California federal jury decided that Seirus Innovative Accessories did not infringe Columbia Sportswear&#8217;s U.S. Patent No. D657,093. 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