BNA INSIGHTS: The America Invents Act: How Does It Strengthen the Patent System?

The author outlines the key provisions of the recently enacted patent reform legislation…

BNA INSIGHTS: Did Patent Reform Level the Playing Field for Foreign Entities?

The author suggests that the recently enacted America Invents Act has left foreign entities better off than they were under previous U.S. law…

BNA INSIGHTS: Third Party Challenges to Patentability under the America Invents Act

Proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office offer third parties a number of ways to challenge the patentability of pending or issued claims. One goal in providing such proceedings has been to offer a fast and effective alternative to litigation.

BNA INSIGHTS: Patent Litigation at the PTO under the America Invents Act of 2011

On Sept. 16, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) into law. The signing followed the Sept. 8 passage in the U.S. Senate of the House bill by vote of 89-9, without amendment…

Obama Signs Patent Reform Legislation; Attention Turns to PTO Funding, Rulemaking

Patent reform is now law. At a signing ceremony in front of veterans of the patent reform debate, as well as with teenagers with budding entrepreneurial aspirations, President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Sept. 16 in Alexandria, Va…

Senate Votes in Landslide to Move on Patent Reform Bill; Quick Passage Expected

In its first day back from a month long recess, the U.S. Senate voted 93-5 Sept. 6 on a motion for cloture to proceed to H.R. 1249, the patent reform bill passed by the House of Representatives on June 23…

BNA INSIGHTS: Treatment of Business Method Patents in Pending Patent Reform Legislation: Bilski Backlash?

Business method patents have often attracted negative attention, and even after the Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos, those concerns persist…

House Approves Patent Reform Bill 304-117 As Dissent on PTO Funding Change Quelled

After a rough first night of debate on its version of patent reform, H.R. 1249, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the measure June 23 with a change to the provision banning diversion of fees collected by the Patent and Trademark Office that arguably does not change the status quo, a controversial departure from the Senate counterpart…

BNA INSIGHTS: Current and Potential Methods to Undermine a Competitor’s U.S. Patent Application

One of your most important clients has sent you an e-mail message with a recently published patent application attached. The message reads, “Our competitor filed the attached application. How do we keep them from getting this patent granted?”…

Senate Approves Patent Reform Bill, But House Debate Already Raises Issues

The nation’s capital was abuzz with patent reform talk throughout the week of the U.S. Senate’s March 8 approval of a patent reform bill, S. 23. Optimism for a quick conclusion to the six years of congressional debate on the topic was short-lived, though, as two hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives exposed a continuing disagreement on some key issues…

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