Perspective
Aug. 24, 2012
America Invents Act harmonizes US and foreign patent systems
New post-grant procedures for challenging patents in the Patent Office take effect next month. By Joe Liebeschuetz and Elizabeth H. Rader of Alston & Bird LLP
Patents implicate divergent economic interests. Most new drugs would never be marketed without patent protection. Yet patent assertions by non-practicing entities are blamed with costing the electronics industry and consumers over $29 billion a year.
The America Invents Act (AIA) tries to balance these interests and harmonize with patent systems in other countries. Starting next month, these goals are in part ...
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