Taking Stock: The AIA At 1 Year

Law360, New York (September 14, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT) -- The America Invents Act — signed into law on Sept. 16, 2011 — was hailed by many as introducing some of the most significant changes to U.S. patent law in more than 50 years. At the AIA's one-year anniversary, many of those changes will have taken effect, accompanied by frenetic discussion and rulemaking. While still more changes remain around the corner, the AIA's first birthday provides an opportunity for companies considering their patent acquisition and litigation strategies to take stock of some of the AIA's more significant provisions. While each of these changes could be addressed in far greater detail in its own article far longer than this one, some of those highlights include the following:...

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