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3 March 2022AmericasElizabeth Ferrill

SurgiSil: Lip implant case shows looks can be deceiving

In October 2021, the Federal Circuit issued a two-and-half page decision in In re: SurgiSil, 14 F.4th 1380 (2021). Despite clocking in at just over 600 words, this small decision could have wide-ranging repercussions in the design patent jurisprudence, in three potential ways.

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