A significant ruling from the Calcutta High Court has steered the country towards aligning with international jurisprudence regarding graphical user interfaces, say Samta Mehra and Bisman Kaur of ...

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates prior USPTO practice guidelines for the examination of design patent ...

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A GUI is essentially the "face" of your software. It’s the visual layer that allows us mere mortals to interact with a computer using buttons, menus, and icons rather than typing cryptic commands into ...

Foldable iPhone leak points to biggest battery ever in an iPhone For years, the concept of a foldable iPhone has felt a bit like Bigfoot - everyone claims to have seen signs of it, but actual proof ...

The USPTO issued significant new supplemental guidance (Guidance) on March 13, 2026, updating its rules for design patent protection of computer-generated icons ...

“While patenting a website’s computer implemented methods presents tricky Section 101 issues, the GUI’s of those sites are surprisingly easy to patent via design patents.” A common question I get is ...