Every day, we interact with graphical user interfaces (GUIs), from smartphone apps to vehicle dashboards to smart home appliances. The best interfaces feel intuitive, seamless, and instantly recognizable. As GUIs become central to how consumers interact with products, they also can become valuable intellectual property assets.
Our four-part Protecting Software with GUI Design Patents series provides an introduction to GUIs, reviews the USPTO’s guidance on GUI design patents, explores the USPTO’s supplemental guidance for GUIs in practice, and explores how design offices worldwide are adapting existing protection frameworks to accommodate new forms of digital interaction.
- Designing Digital Experiences: An Introduction to GUIs
- The USPTO’s New GUI Design Patent Guidance: Taking GUI Designs Beyond the Display Screen
- Beyond the Display Screen: The USPTO’s Supplemental Guidance for GUI in Practice
- GUI Design Protection Goes Global: Evolving Practice Across Jurisdictions
Special thanks to Summer Associates Carson Story and Tash Medde-Witage for their contributions to this series.
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