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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Bloomberg Center, Room 091 2 West Loop Road, New York, NY 10044
Law Tech Speaker Series
"The Changing Landscape for Design Patent IP Rights in
the Age of Apple vs. Samsung"
Historically, design patents have been considered less valuable forms of IP compared to utility patents. However, in the age of Apple vs. Samsung and related appeals, design patents have suddenly become highly valued corporate assets. The ascendency of design patents is running in parallel with the dramatic increase in the importance of visual design and design thinking
now permeating the highest levels of corporate management. The talk will discuss in detail how the Apple vs. Samsung matter and the recent Supreme Court ruling is likely to impact the value of design protections as a major corporate asset.
BIO:
Charles L. Mauro is President of MAURO Usability Science, a New York-based consulting firm founded in 1975 specializing in human factors engineering, product design, GUI design and design patent IP rights. His clients include Apple, Nike, Google, Dyson and others. He has lectured at the USPTO, MIT, Stanford Law School, UPenn, Berkeley Law School. Charles has been an expert witness in over 75 patent cases representing leading high technology companies. Mr. Mauro authored two major amicus briefs submitted to the US federal circuit and the US Supreme court on the value of design as a corporate asset. He has received awards from the HFES, ACM, NASA and received the 2017 Life Time Achievement Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Charles Mauro
MAURO Usability Science
Available Upon Request