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It's called a design patent. It explicitly covers only the ornamental, non-functional design of the object, and is subject to somewhat different terms than a ut
by Cushman 15y ago
It's called a design patent. It explicitly covers only the ornamental, non-functional design of the object, and is subject to somewhat different terms than a utility patent.
In terms of IP law, it's actually quite reasonable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent
- munin 15y agoappreciated, however I don't think that people mean "design" as in aesthetic design when they say "invented" for example, the spinning beach ball is patented... I think we have passed the point where "patented" has anything to do with what people think of as "invention"