The New Obviousness Standard for U.S. Design Patents

In a recent precedential en banc opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) overruled the existing framework for analyzing obviousness in design patents. See, LKQ Corporation, Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc. v. GM Global Technology Operations...

1031 Exchanges and Delaware Statutory Trusts

Real Estate, Generally Real estate has long been one of the most popular forms of investment. Specifically, real estate investment is a common means of diversifying an investment portfolio outside of the stock market, it provides an asset which can appreciate instead...