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· 3/1/1990

City of Raleigh v. Hollingsworth

Citations

  • 326 N.C. 363
  • 389 S.E.2d 816

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  • discussing the practice of limiting a design patent to a single embodiment, and stating that \a design patent may be infringed by articles which are specifically different from that shown in the patent.\
  • \It has been consistently held for many years that it is the appearance of a design as a whole which is controlling in determining questions of patentability and infringement.\
  • “We find no sound reason for disturbing the long-standing practice of the Patent Office, embodied in Rule 153, which limits design applications to a single claim.”

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