America Invents Act (AIA)

The first set of "technical corrections" to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted on January 14, 2013. While this legislation did make "technical" corrections to some of the new AIA…

The first-inventor-to-file provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) took effect on March 16, 2013. While the effective date provisions for the first-inventor-to-file provisions are complicated,…

Now that we are less than one month away from implementation of the First-Inventor-To-File provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA), stakeholders are considering whether to file new patent…

In two months, the U.S. patent system will begin its transition from the current "first to invent" system to a new "first-inventor-to-file" system. Inventors and applicants should be considering…

On September 16, 2012, inter partes review proceedings became available against U.S. patents and post-grant review proceedings became available against certain U.S. business method patents. In two…

The “first-to-file” provisions of the United States "America Invents Act (AIA)" take effect on March 16, 2013. Because of other changes to the U.S. patent system, this date will be just as important…