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That Giant Sucking Sound The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of new opportunities. By Joshua Nightingale Despite the America Invents [...]
Aftershocks of the America Invents Act The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of new opportunities. By Robert M. Bryan and [...]
America Invents Act The new law compels inventors to file patent applications early The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of [...]
- Time Is Not on Your Side By Jeff Dalton The America Invents Act will make patent protection more important than ever for startups, individual inventors and small businesses. The new law contains sweeping changes. These include funding revisions for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and new rules for re-examining existing patents But the [...]
By Marianne R. Timm-Schreiber and Dana P. Jozefczyk The idea of getting a patent can seem glamorous. However, the costs associated with a patent can be gory. The price tag for filing a patent application can run $8,000 – $15,000. And that’s just to file the application. Then you may have to deal with the U.S. Patent [...]
Q. Now that passage of the America Invents Act (patent reform) is all but certain – it’s only awaiting the President’s signature – what will be the immediate and long-term effects of first-to-file? A. The administration, the Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office support the passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents [...]
By Chelsea A. Loughran, Associate, Wolf Greenfield On April 14, 2011, the House Judiciary Committee approved (by a vote of 32-3) the House version of the “America Invents Act”— or what has been more commonly referred to over the past six years as “Patent Reform Act of [insert year].” This version is not hugely different [...]
The U.S. Senate Tuesday night adopted a resolution sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) designating May 2011 as National Inventors Month. Inventors Digest Magazine is an original founder of National Inventors Month, traditionally celebrated in August. The longest-running publication for independent inventors has worked behind the scenes since last year [...]
