Dowd Scheffel co-authored an amicus brief urging the full Federal Circuit to reassess the standard for design-patent infringement. The case at issue is Range and Motions Products, LLC v. Armaid Co. Inc. Dowd Scheffel founder Matthew J. Dowd, along with Robert J. Scheffel and Elliot Gee, drafted the amicus brief with amicus curiae Perry J. Saidman. The amicus brief urges the appeals court to reconsider the increasingly applied "plainly dissimilar" doctrine in design patent