Earlier this month, ten of the world’s largest companies were accused of infringing design patents claiming animated graphical user interfaces (GUIs). These assertions were made in addition to at ...

For several years, the most controversial part of the design patent world was patenting of portions of a display screen. But, things have moved forward with a steady flow of animated portions of a ...

Circuitous, a custom app switch for the iPhone by Dan Zimmerman, has been updated to v1.2 and makings improvements to its GUI and animation Circuitous is a custom app switcher. It shows your open ...

Recently announced by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), graphical user interface (GUI) design patent applications will be accepted beginning on May 1, 2014. Revised on March 17, ...

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