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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 aimed at simplifying the U.S. patent system and allowing inventions to be brough to market sooner. The AIA makes significant changes to the patent system, including changing from a first-to-invent scheme to a first-to-file scheme, eliminating interference proceedings and developing post-grant opposition. less -

PTAB Year in Review – Caveat Experimenter: Using Experimental Data in PTAB Proceedings Comes With Risks

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/7/2025

Parties involved in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings sometimes contemplate submitting experimental data to support their positions. Although such data can be useful, there also are risks. Several recent cases...more

IP Hot Topic: USPTO Releases a Second Update to the PTAB Trial Practice Guide

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 7/30/2019

On July 15, 2019, the USPTO released a second update to Trial Practice Guide for AIA proceedings. The 64-page update reflects some of the recent opinions that the Board has designated as precedential and includes helpful...more

2017 PTAB Digest: The Latest Trends and Developments in Post-Grant Proceedings

Morgan Lewis on 5/3/2017

Recent patent reform legislation, rule changes, and court rulings are expected to have a significant impact on the strategies of both patent owners and petitioners....more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2015

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/1/2015

28 U.S.C. § 1782: A Powerful Tool in Global Disputes - As the number and complexity of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional disputes increase, companies can use 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to obtain evidence from U.S.-based...more

Inter Partes Review Proceedings: A Third Anniversary Report

Perkins Coie on 9/18/2015

When inter partes review (IPR) proceedings became effective in September 2012, few people would have predicted the transformative effect it would have on patents and the litigation landscape. Three years in, IPR has become...more

Patent Pending: The Outlook for Patent Legislation in the 114th Congress

King & Spalding on 7/14/2015

The field of patent law is in a state of flux. Just four years after the America Invents Act (“AIA”) went into effect, Congress is taking up the issue once again, this time seeking to pass legislation to curb abusive patent...more

Congress Continues to Promote Patent Reform Efforts

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/13/2015

In recent years, Congress has devoted a great deal of attention to patent reform. Those efforts led in 2011 to passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which was the most extensive revision of the patent laws in...more

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