Laughs in "use other than as a trademark."
11.03.2026 19:18
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Laughs in "use other than as a trademark."
Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”
when the most prominent meme about a minority is that the attempted suicide rate approaches half of the *surviving* population of that minority, yeah, they know what they’re doing when they target us.
every trans crackdown is an attempted mass murder.
Today in design patents:
D1116357 issued for a dress.
I'm absolutely in love with the action shots of this.
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Today in design patents:
D1116398 issued for a shoe sole.
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Today in design patents:
D1116484 (left) and D1116483, both issued for a cloth.
The applicant also filed non-color embodiments for each.
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Today in design patents:
D1116506 issued for a chair.
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Today in design patents:
D1116603 issued for a cup lid with novelty straw holder.
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Today in design patents:
D1116623 issued for a beverage container.
I'm sure this was a well-meaning attempt to help little hands hold on to this, but I can assure you these little grippies will hurt when they're whacked into a parental head.
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Today in design patents:
D1116647 issued for a salt/pepper grinder.
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Today in design patents:
D1116852 issued for a French fry container with sauce holder.
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Today in design patents:
D1116901 issued for an article of jewelry.
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Today in design patents:
D1117134 issued for an audio speaker.
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Today in design patents:
D1117330 issued for a display screen panel with graphical user interface.
Something tells me that these are all not typically on the same screen at the same time.
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Today in design patents:
D1117446 issued for sunglasses.
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Today in design patents:
D1117464 issued for a set of floating rotating hailstone model.
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Today in design patents:
D1117574 issued for a pickleball paddle.
There's typically one of these a week in the design patent issuances. This is the first with flair.
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Today in design patents:
D1117581 issued for a golf club headcover.
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Today in design patents:
D1117589 issued for a pop-up screen house tent.
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Today in design patents:
D1117623 issued for a system of palletized gas cylinders.
Risky Jenga.
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Today in design patents:
D1117819 issued for a conservatory.
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Today in design patents:
D1117924 issued for a table lamp.
The Patent Public Search drawings are sometimes vastly inferior to the Patent Center versions. Another reason Patent Center should be open to the public without signing in.
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I have dropped too many bottles myself but I'm not sure this would save me from an afternoon with acetone and scrub brush.
Today in design patents:
D1117950 issued for a lamp.
The one on the right is the actual article.
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Today in design patents:
D1117985 issued for a hair clip.
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Today in design patents:
D1118013 and D1118012, both issued for a nail polish holder.
I did not know there was a need for this.
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Today in design patents:
D1118049 issued for a toy for domestic pet.
I am a big fan of shading that's done expertly.
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Happy International Day of Awesomeness and also (more importantly) new patent day! We have an awesome 1,747 new design patents today, including D1117515 issued for a duck game.
Not Duck Hunt, but it still looks awesome.
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I say this every year, but:
The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better.
With a new addition for 2026:
They deeply hate AI.
cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch
www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...