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First to Invent, First to File, or First to Disclose? Patent Reform’s Real Incentive

Many commentators call the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) the biggest reform of the United States patent laws in almost 60 years. The AIA’s most publicized and dramatic change transforms the first-to-invent system to a...more

“America Invents Act” Patent Law Overhaul: The Benefits and the Drawbacks

“A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.” ~ Thomas Edison As any inventor or innovator will tell you, an...more