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- Patent Reform - What Should You Be Doing Now?
- Timothy Q. Delaney and Eric J. Sosenko discussed what your business should be doing right now to be prepared for the next stages of the America Invents Act (AIA) on March 28th. They addressed inter partes review, prioritized examination, virtual marking, first inventor to file, supplemental examination and third party submission of prior art.
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Patent Reform

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, also known as the patent reform bill. The America Invents Act makes the most sweeping changes to U.S. patent law in years, including moving the U.S. towards a first-inventor-to-file system, creating new USPTO proceedings for challenging the validity of patents without litigation, providing for priority examination of important technologies, expanding prior user rights as a defense to infringement and mandating the establishment of three satellite offices of the USPTO.

View the American Invents Act.

Patent Reform Resources:

"For Start-Ups, Patents can be a Gold Rush," Washington Post, May 4, 2012 - Discusses the importance of filing a well-prepared, comprehensive patent application to protect a company's intellectual property in the future.
March 2012 - IP and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus Report
USPTO - American Invents Act Site