Intellectual Property
May 20, 2017
Implications for prefiling activity under AIA
As a result of a recent Federal Circuit ruling, there may be implications concerning prefiling commercial activity that practitioners, inventors and litigants should be aware of. By Abhijit Adisesh
Abhijit P. Adisesh
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
intellectual property
2475 Hanover St
Palo Alto , CA 94304-1194
Email: apadisesh@duanemorris.com
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Abhijit "Jay" Adisesh is a registered patent attorney focusing on patent prosecution and patent litigation.
With the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Helsinn Healthcare SA v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, we may see a significant shift in the contours of the American Inventions Act (AIA) on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1). As a result, there may be implications concerning prefiling commercial activity that practitioners, inventors and litigants should be aware of.
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