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'Obviousness' patent standard leads to stay in US trade dress case for vape packaging

By Nick Robertson ( October 18, 2024, 20:54 GMT | Insight) -- A US federal court ordered a stay in a patent infringement and trade dress case today after the US Patent and Trademark Office began a re-examination of the case’s patent on grounds of obviousness. Sunshine Enclosures sued Final Bell last year in the US Central District of California alleging Final Bell’s packaging for a cannabis vape infringed its patent and constituted trade dress infringement.A US federal court ordered a stay in a patent infringement and trade dress case today after the US Patent and Trademark Office began a re-examination of the case’s patent on the grounds of obviousness....

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