Samsung v Apple SCOTUS arguments: Tests proposed for "article of manufacture"

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Samsung v Apple SCOTUS arguments: Tests proposed for "article of manufacture"

October 12 2016
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Supreme Court justices grappled with how to define article of manufacture in design patent cases in arguments for Samsung v Apple, with Samsung’s lawyer proposing a two-step test and the government’s lawyer offering a four-factor test

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