Must All Good Things Come to an End, Or Can You Obtain a Perpetual Design Patent?

Many intellectual property rights peacefully coexist because they apply to distinct aspects of a product. Issues can arise when intellectual property rights that expire and intellectual property rights that do not expire protect the same or overlapping features of the same product. One example is design patents and trade dress rights, both of which apply to non-functional ornamental features. The post Must All Good Things Come to an End, Or Can You Obtain a Perpetual Design Patent? appeared firs