A design patent would also be considered under this category.
I'm certainly no expert on design patents, but that doesn't make any sense.
Design patents are valid for 14 years from the date of issue.
Some experts say design patents are more effective than is generally acknowledged.
Design patents last 14 years from the date you are granted the patent.
A design patent is the strongest system of protection but the most uncommon.
Clearly, the cube should be covered by an industrial design patent.
And if Paramount didn't think to file an industrial design patent?
Indeed, he probably sue over it somehow, claiming some design patent.
The appearance of the animated image was subject to a dispute over a design patent.
