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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... more +
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 -
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The PTAB’s Discretionary Denial Crackdown: Strategy, Stats, and Survival Tips

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Back in March, I wrote about Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart’s overhaul of the pre-institution discretionary denial process. Since then, much has been written on the topic and, for better or worse, the dust has started to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Proposed Novel PTAB Discretionary Denial Analysis in View of Parallel Petitions

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The authors have recently proposed alternative analyses for the discretionary denial of IPR and PGR petitions involved in parallel district court litigation, as well as for the discretionary denial of serial petitions filed...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2019 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Success of Motions to Stay Rising, But Why?

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Defendants sued for patent infringement in district court commonly seek litigation stays based on an American Invents Act (AIA)-contested proceeding that assesses the validity of the patents-in-suit before the Patent Trial...more

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