RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hvwhptk4oerwsuzau66ikwfy/post/3mchtzkvnzk2p
Fourth Circuit affirms the USPTO's refusal to register the certain parts of the Timberland boot design as trade dress:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca4.170358/gov.uscourts.ca4.170358.60.0.pdf
The court agreed that the claimed design was not distinctive and did not reach the issue of functionality.
Rachel Adin LLC sues H&M over jewelry, neither side seems to have any idea how design patents work: https://www.scribd.com/document/695487112/Adin-v-H-M-Complaint