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.

#TradeDress #FashionLaw #PartialDesigns

Today in design patents, #PartialDesigns edition:

D994761 issued for a piano.

The keys of the piano - the most piano-est part of a piano - are not claimed. #DesignPatents