Using Design Patents to Best Protect Graphical User Interfaces (On-Demand)

Original Course Date: May 19, 2026

Course Content

Strategically protecting graphical user interfaces (GUIs) under the U.S. design patent laws can be tricky. Last month, the USPTO issued new revised guidelines concerning GUI-related designs patents. This webinar will address the basis for protecting GUIs under the design law, various strategies that could be implemented and the new USPTO guidelines.

Syllabus

  1. Statutory basis for protection
  2. How to prepare GUI-related design patent application and what strategies can be considered
  3. What modern GUI types can be protected; and
  4. How will the new USPTO Guidelines impact procurement strategies

Instructor

Robert Katz, Esq.