COLIN B. HARRIS is a patent protection attorney in the firm's Mechanical Patent Prosecution and Industrial Designs groups. He drafts and prosecutes patent applications in many fields, including automotive and aerospace technologies, packaging, consumer electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, and medical devices. Mr. Harris also provides client counseling, including clearance reviews and infringement and validity opinions for utility and design patents.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Harris was a law clerk in an Arlington, Virginia intellectual property law firm. Mr. Harris also served as an intern for the Honorable Paul J. Luckern of the International Trade Commission (ITC). While in law school, Mr. Harris was a member of the Civil Rights Law Journal.
Representative Matters
Provides counsel to a spice, herb, seasoning, specialty foods and flavor manufacturer on a broad range of issues, including preparing opinions and drafting and prosecuting patent applications.
Represents an automobile manufacturer in protecting a wide range of technologies - from suspensions and transmissions to fuel cells and hybrid power trains.
Represents a digital office solutions company in protecting technologies related to printing and other imaging devices. He has prosecuted patent applications, including applications under accelerated examination, and provided opinions for the company.
Represents a producer of automotive components in obtaining design patent protection by drafting new applications, filing design divisional applications from existing utility applications, and conducting in-person interviews with Design Patent Examiners at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Represents a chemical and cosmetics company. His work includes drafting and prosecuting design and utility applications for the company.
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Oblon, Spivak Elects Two Partners and Elevates Three Senior Attorneys and Seven Senior Associates
Monday, January 10, 2011
Design Day 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Factoring Out of Functional Elements Proper in Design Patent Infringement Analysis
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Publications
Design Patent Damages
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Blog
OAKLEY FILES SUIT AGAINST UVEX OVER SUNGLASSES PATENTS
Friday, February 10, 2012
Oakley, Inc. ("Oakley") filed suit against Uvex Sports, Inc. ("Uvex") on February 3, 2012, in the in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Oakley alleges that certain Uvex products infringe U.S. patent no. 5,638,145 ("the '145 patent"), D557,325 ("the D325 patent...
Keurig Sues Rogers Family Co. Over Single-Serve Coffee Container Design
Friday, November 11, 2011
Keurig has filed suit against Rogers Family Co. ("Rogers") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging that beverage containers sold by Rogers infringe one design patent and two utility patents. The complaint states that the beverage containers sold by Rogers, such as its "OneCups," are...
Daimler Sues Over Alleged smart fortwo Knockoffs
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Daimler AG filed a Complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan against Shuanghuan Automobile Company, Shuanghuan Auto USA, and Wheego Electric Cars, Inc. for trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark counterfeiting, trademark dilution, and patent infringement related to Daimler's smart fortwo cars. The design patents at...
ITC Investigates Certain Protective Cases and Components Thereof
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
As reported on Oblon's ITC blog here, the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") has instituted an investigation in response to a complaint filed by Otter Products, LLC alleging...
Kraft Foods Sues Van Law Food Products Over Bottle
Monday, May 23, 2011
Design Day 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Design Day 2011 was held on April 5 at the USPTO. Many members of our Industrial Designs group made the short walk to the USPTO and attended this annual event focused on U.S. design patents. Design Day 2011 was organized by a number of individuals, including Oblon Spivak's...
Garmin Ltd. v. Bryton Inc.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Garmin filed suit against Bryton in a Kansas federal court, claiming that Bryton devices for cycling enthusiasts infringe design and utility patents held by Garmin. The design patent in suit is U.S. Patent No. D632,984 (hereinafter "the '984 patent") and is titled "Electronic Device." Figure 1, which is a front perspective view, and...
Sam Adams Brewer Asks ITC To Block Beer Glasses
Friday, February 25, 2011
As reported on Oblon, Spivak's ITC Blog, Boston Beer Corporation ("Boston Beer") filed a...
Patentability of Bank of America Corp.'s Design Patent Affirmed
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
As reported in Oblon Spivak's Patents Post-Grant blog, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the patentability of Bank of America Corp.'s design patent for a miniature credit...
U.S. Continues to Delay Ratification of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
Friday, June 11, 2010
Brief History of the Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is part of the legal framework of the Hague System -- a system that provides a simplified mechanism for registering industrial designs in contracting states. Under the Hague Agreement, an industrial design can be registered in any number of designated...
BPAI Emphasizes Obviousness Test in Reversing Inter Partes Design Patent Reexamination
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
In inter partes reexamination 95/000,034,Vanguard Identification Systems Inc., v Bank of America Corporation, the BPAI reversed the examiners obviousness rejection, emphasizing the difference between a proper obviousness determination for design and utility patents. An obviousness determination for a utility...
Design Day 2010
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Design Day 2010 was held on April 6 at the USPTO. A number of our attorneys walked across the street to the USPTO and attended this annual event focused on US design patents. A wide variety of speakers gave presentations, including USPTO officials, industrial designers, an ITC judge and practitioners. The following article summarizes these...
Factoring Out of Functional Elements Proper in Design Patent Infringement Analysis
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued their second significant design patent opinion in the past two weeks. In the most recent decision, the Court affirmed a finding of no-infringement of a design patent after a district court had first construed the claim by factoring out the functional...