In 2011, the America Invents Act'significantly changed United States patent law. One major
change addressed the increase in-and the challenges associated with-patent litigation in …

The current United States patent laws were drafted in 1952, but unlike nuclear fallout
shelters, beatnik poetry, and the Ed Sullivan show, they still hold sway over American life …

The American patent system, mired with rising costs and uncertainty, is in need of reform. To
address these issues, the United States needs a viable proceeding to challenge the validity …

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (" AIA") created new procedures to challenge
patent validity at the US Patent and Trademark Office (" PTO").'By offering a faster and less …

Legal context The past quarter of a century was a time of strong and increasing patent
protection in the US. But recently, in the face of pressure from the business community …

The dramatic reform that upended patent law a decade ago has never fully come to grips
with a defect at the heart of its design. When the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA) took effect …

Inventor Brandon Shalton was in the process of testing his invention, which would digitize
phone messages and post them instantly to his church's website, when he received a …

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the most influential patent reform
legislation in nearly sixty years. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (" Act") is Congress's …

The idea of shoot-from-the-hip lawsuits brought by essentially faceless licensing entities,
without any significant thought of whether the lawsuit or underlying patent has any merit …

Innovators invest billions of dollars each year on research and development based upon the
widely held belief that they can securely reap the fruits of their investments, legally protected …