Patent Reform

On 29 April 2016, the Australian Productivity Commission published a Draft Report on its enquiry into Australia’s Intellectual Property Arrangements. Although the Draft Report provides separate…

The 23rd Annual Fordham Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference 2015 has kicked off with opening remarks from Hugh Hansen from Fordham University School of Law, New York, reminding everyone…

Almost everyday someone posts something about the Unified Patent Court or a seminar is offered about the “newest” developments. In fact nobody is able to predict whether the system will “work”. It is…

Now that the holidays are over and the U.S. Congress has headed back to work, it is a good time to review what is happening with U.S. patent reform. The Goodlatte Innovation Act passed the House in…

On October 23, 2014, U.S. Congressman Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced the “Innovation Act,” which is intended “to make improvements and technical corrections” to the Leahy-Smith 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…

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…

As of September 16, 2012, third parties have been able to make "Preissuance Submissions" of printed publications in pending U.S. patent applications. To date, the USPTO has received just over 100…

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…