The Best Patent Practice or Mere Compromise? A Review of the Current Draft of the
Substantive Patent Law Treaty and a Proposal f Page 1 The Best Patent Practice or Mere …

For some time patent law has been criticized for a flood of bad patents. Patents of
questionable validity are being issued with overly broad, oftennebulous boundaries. A …

THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP OF PATENT EXAMINATION AND INVALIDATION
Page 1 THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP OF PATENT EXAMINATION AND …

On January 3, 1922, Henry Smith filed a patent application on a machine that cut multiple-
threaded wood screws. 2 Ten days later, Harry Townsend filed an application on a similar …

Patent reform in the United States was the focus of a major legislative push in 2005 with the
introduction of the Patent Reform Act of 2005 in the House of Representatives. 1 The bill was …

As this article shows, that is not true anymore. After providing some background on patent
prosecution in Section I, this article demonstrates that three recent legal changes have made …

INTRODUCTION 2011 was an eventful year for those interested in patent law. In March, the
Federal Trade Commission (" FTC") released a report that urges the Patent and Trademark …

On September 16, 2011, President Barack Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America
Invents Act (AIA).'This law marks the first significant overhaul of the patent system in almost …

* This article was originally drafted in early 1995. Since that time, HR 1733 was amended to
reflect improvements made in response to valuable comments submitted by expert …

Let me introduce our panel. Down at the end we have Chad Everingham, a former
Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. He was introduced earlier, but I just …