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©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(GBLH)1498F.3d1354.EgyptianGoddess333:CAFC1984LittonSystems,:,,,Egyptian,CAFC,,,,:2008922,(CAFC)(Enbanc)EgyptianGoddess(EGI)SwisaEGISwisa,D467,3892003321,,EGISwisaD467,389Swisa200533,,,,CAFCCAFC20078291,,:48©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(non2trivialadvance),,,,,,,,,Dyk,:1.;2.,,(obviousness2liketest),;3.;4.;5.,LawmanArmorCorp.v.WinnerInternational,LLC,437F.3d1383(Fed.Cir.2006),CAFC20071126(Enbanc):2GorhamCo.v.White,81U.S.511(1871).3,:,200544CAFCEgyptian,However,inaseriesofcasestracingtheiroriginstoLittonSystems,Inc.v.WhirlpoolCorp.,728F.2d1423(Fed.Cir.1984),thiscourthasheldthatproofofsimilarityundertheordinaryobservertestisnotenoughtoestablishdesignpatentinfringement.Rather,thecourthasstatedthattheaccuseddesignmustalsoappropriatethenoveltyoftheclaimeddesigninordertobedeemedinfringing.5SunHillv.Easter,48F.3d1193;33U.S.P.Q.2D(BNA)1925,Toconsidertheoverallappearanceofadesignwithoutregardtopriorartwouldevisceratethepurposeofthepointofnoveltyapproach,whichistofocusonthoseaspectsofadesignwhichrenderthedesigndifferentfrompriorartdesigns.CAFCEgyptian,(ordinaryobservertests)(pointofnoveltytest),1871Gorham2,,,3,CAFC1984LittonSystems4,5,(Amici),(three2wayvisualcomparison),,,,1893Smithv.WhitmanSaddle,,,,(1),(2),(3)58©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(bufferpads,orabrasivepad,(4)(exposedcorners),(1)(2);(shoppinglist)6,,V.,D416,648(Nail2co),7,,CAFC,CAFC(Enbanc)8Egyptian,1893Smithv.WhitmanSaddleCo.,148U.S.674(1893)(WhitmanSaddle),,WhitmanSaddle,:6,,,7EGYPTIANGODDESS,INC.,Plaintiff,v.SWISA,INC.,etal.,Defendants.CivilActionNo.:03-CV-0594-N.8EgyptianGoddessGrangerJenifer,,,,,,(),,WhitmanSaddle,,,,,,(),,,(),,,,,,:(),,,,,,,68©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(),,,;,()9,,CAFC,,,,,,,,,,,,9LAWMANARMORv.WINNERINTERNATIONAL(Fed.Cir2006),,,,,,,,,,MPEP(),:Enbanc,,,,,;,,,FalleyNailco,,,Eaton,,,Falley,,(three2way)(four-way),,,,,Nailco,:,,,78©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(),,,,,,,,,,,,,(novelfeature,newfeature),,,,,,,()EgyptianGoddessWhitmanSaddle,,:,10C:KSRTELEFLEX,,EgyptianGoddess,NailcoFalley,,WhitmanSaddle,,,(1),CAFC?(2)?(3)?()EgyptianGoddessKSR,,,,,(1);(2):,EgyptianGoddess,KSRCAFCTSM(),TSM,10?()EgyptianGoddess(),,Falley,,,Falley,,,88©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(),CAFCEgyptian,,EgyptianCAFC,,,,CAFCCAFC2009511Sofpoolv.IntexRecreation:Intex(),Egyptian,(above-groundpool)817,Intex,,CAFC;,,,EgyptianGoddess98