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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: What Every Patent and Trademark lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance

Patently-O

Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf Paul Morgan, The Ambiguity in Section 102(a)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act , 2011 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 29. ( Morgan.2011.AIAAmbiguities

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Third-party preissuance submissions

Larson & Larson

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”). While the identity of the filing party must be disclosed, the use of an attorney allows the party-in-interest to remain confidential, with only the attorney and law firm’s name being disclosed.

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Business Method Patents: The Basics

Larson & Larson

The America Invents Act of 2011 allows people to challenge your patent within the first 9 months after the patent is granted. For about 8 years, the USPTO can review any business method patent that doesn’t cover a technological invention. Things To Consider.

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Muzzling Transferors of Intellectual Property: Assignor Estoppel in Canada

IPilogue

I am working on the revised 3rd edition of my book on Intellectual Property Law (Irwin Law 2011, 2nd edition) , and with Professor Pina D’Agostino as co-author on the revision of the 2nd edition on Copyright Law (Irwin Law 2000). Some understanding of these rules, and where they differ between countries, is therefore desirable.

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Full Patent Protection vs. a Provisional Patent Application

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

A provisional patent application allows a patent applicant to reserve priority in an invention before committing to the full utility patent application process. If an inventor has already done the legwork to determine that the invention is worthwhile, filing a provisional patent application may be an extra and unnecessary cost.