In a widely-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held yesterday that the America Invents Act (AIA) did not change the scope of the on-sale bar to patentability. The unanimous decision, authored by Justice Thomas, held...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Helsinn Healthcare S.A.’s certiorari petition to consider whether, under the America Invents Act (AIA), an inventor’s sale of an invention to a third party that is obligated to keep...more