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Fordham Conference 2015 – US Patent Potpourri

Daniel Byrne (Bristows)/April 9, 2015

John Richards (Ladas & Parry LLP, New York) identifies the problem that filing a patent involves a prior art search which is probably not as focussed as searched that occur in litigation and therefore the patent might require later amendment. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) takes a very strict approach to amendment in…

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U.S. Patent Reform: What Already Has Changed, What Lies Ahead

Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff (Foley&Lardner LLP)/January 30, 2012 /2 Comments

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act into law, making the most sweeping changes to U.S. patent law since at least the 1950’s. Many of the provisions can be broadly classified into those that serve the goal of international harmonization (first-inventor-to-file), those that target patent quality concerns (pre-issuance submissions, inter…