Perspective
Sep. 22, 2011
America Invents Act makes it cheaper and easier to invalidate patents
The new post-issuance review provisions provide many benefits, but watch out for these dangers. By Robert P. Andris and Neil A. Smith of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC
While most of the publicity surrounding the recently enacted Leahy-Smith America Invents Act has focused on the transition from a first to invent system to a first to file system, perhaps the most significant provisions of the Act involve the breadth and impact of the new "post-issuance" review provisions. While the details of these procedures will need to be hammered out and published by the Patent Office in the ne...
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