Robert W. Lee D/B/A Rollo-Laxer v. Dayton-Hudson Corporation D/B/A Target Stores and Matrix International, Inc.

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• explaining that “[d]esign patents do not and cannot in- clude claims to the structural or functional aspects of the article” and are limited to the “ornamental design” of the article
• “A device that copies the utilitarian or functional features of a patented design is not an infringement unless the ornamental aspects are also copied, such that the overall resemblance is such as to deceive.” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).