Practical Takeaways From USPTO Guidance on Patent Protection for Digital Works

Consider writing about:

Supplemental guidance issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on March 13; what the USPTO’s action means for design patent protection for digital works; efective date of the new guidance; how companies should be responding to this USPTO guidance to maximize the IP protections available to them.

Related information:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/13/2026-04987/supplemental-guidance-for-examination-of-design-patent-applications-related-to-computer-generated