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Deciphering the America Invents Act

President Obama’s signing of the America Invents Act on Friday, September 16th, has instigated an enormous amount of discussion in the patent community and rightly so.   The new law contains several provisions that will become effective within days, as well as others that will require rulemaking and time to implement.  Given the complexity of the legislation, I thought it would be helpful to search the web for analysis of the significant changes to U.S. Patent Law and how it will impact your patent practice.

1. America Invents Act Exercises “Con-Troll” Over Patent Litigation (IPWatchdog)

2. Patent Law Reform Update 2011 (COJK Law firm memo)

3. USPTO Post Grant Cheat Sheet (Patents Post Grant)

4. USPTO Fee Increase Effective September 26TH (Patent Law Practice Center)

5. Major reform of US patent law: the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Association of Corp Counsel) (more…)