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Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 31 Oct 2018
Save Yourself a Scare - 2007 “AIA” Contract Documents Expire at Midnight Tonight
We at Michael Best know that many of you are preoccupied with dodging ghouls and goblins and, therefore, may not realize that the American Institute…
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 2 Oct 2018
Don’t Let Cyber Insurance Haunt You: Standard Construction Contract Forms Require Cyber Insurance as a Default Starting this Halloween
In kicking off Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2018, we begin by recognizing that cybersecurity has seeped into our legal consciousness. Laws have…
Nexsen Pruet | USA | 2 Aug 2018
AIA Changes - It’s Time to Convert Before It’s Too Late
As you probably have heard by now, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) introduced its updated versions of its most popular standard form…
Ropes & Gray LLP | USA | 22 Jul 2018
Tribal Sovereign Immunity Denied, Will State Immunity Hold at the PTAB?
Last Friday, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board's (PTAB) denial of tribal sovereign immunity as a patent owner defense to…
Bereskin & Parr LLP | USA | 17 Jul 2018
Does the ‘on-sale’ bar still cover ‘secret’ sales? United States Supreme Court to decide
To recap, the Helsinn Healthcare v. Teva Pharma case concerns the changes to Section § 102, implemented by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)…
Jones Day | USA | 11 Jul 2018
Is the Government a “Person” Who May Institute PTAB Trials?
The America Invents Act (“AIA”) provides that a “[a] person may not file a petition for [covered business method review] unless the person or the…
Jones Day | USA | 9 Jul 2018
High Court to Hear Helsinn v. Teva, Resolve AIA Secret Sales Question
On June 25, 2018, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review the Federal Circuit's decision in Helsinn Healthcare v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, No…
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | USA | 5 Jul 2018
A Sighting of AIA Derivation
Before the American Invents Act, the U.S. had a “first-to-invent” patent system. That system included provisions for resolving disputes concerning who…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 26 Jun 2018
Alerts Supreme Court to Review AIA On-Sale Bar
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Helsinn Healthcare S.A.’s certiorari petition to consider whether, under the America Invents Act (AIA), an…
Mayer Brown | USA | 25 Jun 2018
Patent Law—Prior Art
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) prohibits patents from issuing for “prior art.” Prior art has long included inventions that were already in…
