2017 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part III - Patents and Protection of Patent Rights
Chapter 29 - Remedies for Infringement of Patent, and Other Actions
Sec. 289 - Additional remedy for infringement of design patent

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Citation 35 U.S.C. § 289 (2017)
Section Name §289. Additional remedy for infringement of design patent
Section Text

Whoever during the term of a patent for a design, without license of the owner, (1) applies the patented design, or any colorable imitation thereof, to any article of manufacture for the purpose of sale, or (2) sells or exposes for sale any article of manufacture to which such design or colorable imitation has been applied shall be liable to the owner to the extent of his total profit, but not less than $250, recoverable in any United States district court having jurisdiction of the parties.

Nothing in this section shall prevent, lessen, or impeach any other remedy which an owner of an infringed patent has under the provisions of this title, but he shall not twice recover the profit made from the infringement.

Source Credit

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 813.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§74, 75 (Feb. 4, 1887, ch. 105, §§1, 2, 24 Stat. 387, 388).

Language is changed.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 35 - PATENTS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 35 - PATENTS
PART III - PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS
CHAPTER 29 - REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT, AND OTHER ACTIONS
Sec. 289 - Additional remedy for infringement of design patent
Contains section 289
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 24 Stat. 387
66 Stat. 813
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