JD Supra

Increased Flexibility for Graphical User Interface Design Patent Applicants

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates prior USPTO ...
JD Supra

Design Patents for Computer-Generated Icons and Interfaces: How the USPTO's Major Updated Guidance Creates More Flexibility

For technology companies navigating the increasingly hostile terrain of software utility patent protection and Section 101 rejections, design ...
LawBeat

Calcutta HC Holds Graphical User Interfaces Can Be Registered as Designs; Sets Aside Controller’s Orders

Calcutta High Court holds that graphical user interfaces are not excluded from design protection under the Designs Act and ...
EDN

Graduation Project “Design of Graphical User Interface for Image Processing”

Developed an image processing tool that includes the following examples: A GUI for filtering noisy images using different types of noise filters. A GUI for image registration using cross-correlation ...
Hyperallergic

Sketches for First Mac Icons Acquired by MoMA

Susan Kare, “Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icon” (detail) (1982), ink on graph paper, on view in ‘This Is for Everyone’ at MoMA (gift of the designer, 2015, photo by the author for Hyperallergic ...

Altia Announces Custom 2D Materials for Altia Design GUI Tool Chain

New feature provides pixel-level control for dynamic drawing and asset manipulation in Altia Design. By bringing ...