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Look at the pictures. They look about as similar as a Ford does to a Dodge. The grill, headlamps, body panels, windshield, hell, even the length of the truck is
by jbob2000 8y ago
Look at the pictures. They look about as similar as a Ford does to a Dodge. The grill, headlamps, body panels, windshield, hell, even the length of the truck is completely different between the two trucks.
A truck is a truck, you can't patent the form factor of a truck.
- ctz 8y ago> you can't patent the form factor of a truck Is there a specific part of design patent law you're referring to? A special case for trucks?
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoYou can actually. It's called a design patent. It's different than a utility patent because it's supposed to be non-functional. I haven't looked at the patents to see if they're design or utility patents though.
- wrboyce 8y agoYou could have read the article, though… The third paragraph is: > In the complaint, Nikola alleges that Tesla’s electric truck design infringes on a series of 3 specific design patents that they recently obtained for the design of a few features of their Nikola One truck unveiled in 2016 – a year before Tesla unveiled its own electric truck.
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoThanks, I skimmed it and looked at the pictures but didn't see that.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> A truck is a truck, you can't patent the form factor of a truck. Yes, you can patent non-functional design elements of any product.