Press & Publications

Apple v. Samsung: Smart Phone And Tablet Markets At Stake, National Law Journal, (January 2012).View File.

Success By Design: The Three Dimensional Career of Intellectual Property Attorney Christopher V. Carani, 2012 Super Lawyer Magazine, (January 2012). View File.

Success By Design: The Three Dimensional Career of Intellectual Property Attorney Christopher V. Carani, 2012 Super Lawyer Magazine, (January 2012).  View File.

How Much Can Asus, HP, And Others Rip Off Apple’s Designs?, Fast Company Magazine, (December 2011).  View File.

What Your Company Can Learn From Apple’s Battle With Samsung, Entrepreneur Magazine (December 2011).  View File.

Samsung May Beat Apple’s US Design Patents, Expert Warns, Computerworld Magazine, (October 2011).  View File.

Apple v. Samsung: Intelligence of Apple’s U.S. Design Patent Offensive, BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 82 PTCJ 906 (October 2011).  View File.

US Judge: Apple IPad Design May Be Invalid, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, (October 2011).

Apple Patent in Samsung Fight May Be Invalid: Judge, Law360, (October 2011).  View File.

In Australia, Has Apple v. Samsung Killed Android?, Computerworld Magazine, (October 2011). View File.

Design Patents on Trial, EE Times, p. 12, (October 2011)

Apple and Samsung: What’s Behind the Patent Fight, Computerworld Magazine, (October 2011).  View File.

ITC Issues General Exclusion Order to Stop Crocs Knockoff Imports by Unknown Sources, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 82, No. 2025 (July 2011).  View File.

Death Knell Sounded for Crocs Imitators, Managing IP Magazine, (July 2011).  View File.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Design Patents Get a Helping Hand From Federal Circuit – Vanguard v. Kappos,, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 81 PTCJ 687 (March 2011).  View File.

Crocs Case Could Discourage Iterative Design, Managing Intellectual Property, (February 2011)

Design Patents Bolstered by the Federal Circuit, Managing Intellectual Property, (February 2011)

Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent, The National Law Journal (January 2011).

Gorham v. White: A Retrospective, Suffolk University Law School (January 2011).

Vanguard Identification Sys., Inc. v. Kappos: Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent, The Wall Street Journal (January 2011).

Designs Come Out of the Shadows, Managing Intellectual Property, (October 2010).

Court Decision Should Make Knock-Off Designs Tougher to Defend,  National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), Shoe Retailing Today, (July/August 2010).

Design Patents Sharpen Teeth With Major Victory From Federal Appeals Court, Office Furniture & Design Magazine (Summer 2010).

Don’t Knock It, Footwear Plus Magazine (June 2010). View File.

Design patents get boost from Federal Circuit, The National Law Journal (May 2010). View File.

Infringers Beware!: Design Patents Sharpen Teeth With Major Court Victory, Apparel Magazine (May 2010).

Profile on Chris Carani: Design Patents and All That Jazz, Chicago Lawyer Magazine (April 2010).  View File.

Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the design patent case Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc., 2009-1354 (Fed. Cir. 2010).  Mr. Carani authored an amicus brief on behalf of the AIPLA in support of the petition for rehearing en banc. View File.

Press Release: Thomas Reuters (West) Publishing Selects Carani’s Law Review Article as one of the Year’s 20 Best Law Review Articles, March 2010. View File.

International Seaway v. Walgreens: Court Says ‘Ordinary Observer’ Is Sole Test For Design Patent Validity Analysis, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, December 2009.  View File.

Design Law & Furniture Patent Enforcement, Office Furniture & Design Magazine, Fall 2009

Egyptian Goddess Puts Teeth in U.S. Design Patents, Executive Counsel Magazine, (September/October 2009), Volume 6, Number 4

Design Protection and Enforcement for the Kitchen and Bath Industry, KB&B Magazine, (July 2009)

Design Law & Footwear:  Landmark Case Fundamentally Alters Design Patent Enforcement, Shoe Retailing Today, National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) (July-Aug. 2009).  View File.

The New “Extra-Ordinary” Observer Test for Design Patent Infringement-On a Crash Course With the Supreme Court’s Precedent in Gorham v. White, 8 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 354 (May 2009).  View File.

“Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Shock and Aftershock, An Analysis of the En Banc Decision and Its Effect on Design Patent Litigation,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2009, Alexandria, VA, April 2009.  View File.

Designs Defined, Inside Counsel Magazine (January 2009).

Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Searches For The Rosetta Stone For Design Patent Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property Today, October 2008.  View File.

Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Puts Teeth Back In Design Patents, Intellectual Property Today, September 2008. View File.

Federal Circuit Scraps Point of Novelty Test, IP Law 360, September 2008.  View File.

En Banc Court Weighs Eliminating Litton’s Point of Novelty Infringement Inquiry, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1871, June 2008.  View File.

Federal Circuit Examines Design Patent Test, IP Law 360, June 2008. View File.

Principal Counsel of Record for Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) before the United States Supreme Court in the design patent case Calmar, Inc. v. Arminak & Assoc., No. 07-1263 (U.S. Supreme Court 2008).  On May 5, 2008, Mr. Carani filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of IDSA in support of the petition for Writ of Certiorari.  To view a summary of the argument, click here: View File.  To view the brief as filed, click here: View File.

“Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Will The En Banc Federal Circuit Court Find The Rosetta Stone for Design Patent Jurisprudence,” Illinois Continuing Legal Education credit pending, Chicago, Illinois, March 2008.  View File.

Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 2006-1562 (Fed. Cir. 2007).  On February 5, 2008, Mr. Carani filed a brief on behalf of AIPLA as an Amicus Curiae at the En Banc stage.  This case represents the first time the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has addressed a design patent case en banc.  View File.

Design Patents Get Their Day in Court, The American Lawyer, January 2008.  View File.

Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 2006-1562 (Fed. Cir. 2007).  AIPLA filed a brief in the matter as an Amicus Curiae at the petition for rehearing stage.  View File.

Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Lawman v. Winner, 05-1253 (Fed. Cir. 2006).  AIPLA filed a brief in the matter as an Amicus Curiae.  View File.

Looks Matter:  Protect Your Product Designs with Intellectual Property While Creating Valuable Assets, The Super Show, Sporting Goods Convention, International Business Intelligence Series, Orlando, FL, January 2005.  View File.

Design Patents: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Sports Product Innovation Network, 2005.  View File.

Design Patents: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Sports Products Innovation Network, 2005 (Chinese Translation).  View File.

Technology Transfers In and Out of China, Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report, October 2004.  View File.

What Every U.S. Corporation Should Know About China’s Patent Protection and Enforcement, Association of Patent Law Firms, Chicago, IL, September 2004.  View File.