[IxDA Discuss] Google's design patent on search results

[Joe Davidchik]

So with this. I can curious if this

http://www.ask.com/web?o=0&qsrc=19&l=dir&q=hello+ask+people

would be in infringement of this

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hello+google+people&btnG=Google+Search


-Joe

On 12/14/06, Joshua Seiden <joshseiden at gmail.com> wrote:
> Germane to our recent conversations:
>
> "Design Patent No.
> 533,561<http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%26Sect2%3DHITOFF%26u%3D%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fsearch-adv.htm%26r%3D1%26p%3D1%26f%3DG%26l%3D50%26d%3DPTXT%26S1%3Dgoogle.ASNM.%26OS%3Dan%2F%28google%29%26RS%3DAN%2Fgoogle&siteId=22&oId=2100-9588-6143586&ontId=9588&lop=nl.ex>,
> awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, covers "the
> ornamental design for a graphical user interface" as shown in several screen
> shots (click for
> PDF)<http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pat2pdf.org%2Fpatents%2Fpatd533561.pdf&siteId=22&oId=2100-9588-6143586&ontId=9588&lop=nl.ex>of
> the Mountain View, Calif.-based company's search results pages.
>
> "But the patent procured by Google isn't actually a software patent,
> intellectual-property attorneys explained. It's a design patent, which means
> it covers only the visual look of an invention, as opposed to a "utility"
> patent, which covers the functions an invention performs."
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6143586.html
>
> JS
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-- 
Joe