July 01, 2014
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of a suit alleging that it was unconstitutional for the U.S. to change to a first-to-file patent system, ruling that the plaintiff lacked standing to sue because he could not prove had been injured by the America Invents Act provision.
March 04, 2014
A Florida inventor pushed a Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday to throw out the America Invents Act's first-to-file patent system, claiming the program is unconstitutional and forces inventors to file patent applications prematurely and incur significant additional costs to protect their innovations.
November 21, 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week urged the Federal Circuit to reject an appeal claiming the first-to-file patent system mandated by the America Invents Act is unconstitutional, arguing that the plaintiff's case is based on "the purest form of speculation."