3 ms·
You 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
by jeffreyrogers 9y ago
You 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 9y 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 9y agoThanks, I skimmed it and looked at the pictures but didn't see that.