Law360, New York (June 29, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT) -- The America Invents Act established inter partes review and post-grant reviews mechanisms to challenge the validity of issued United States patents. These procedures were created to improve patent quality, and were introduced in part because of perceived abusive enforcement by nonpracticing entities in the consumer electronics space. As with most legislative changes, the consequences of these post-grant challenge mechanisms may not be fully appreciated until long after the law has been enacted. What can be appreciated at this early stage, however, is that the delicate balance between innovators, generics, biosimilars and competitors established by the 25-year framework of Hatch-Waxman and the more recent Affordable Care Act has been impacted by post-grant challenges in the life science space....