Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | USA | 31 Oct 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) prohibits patents from issuing for “prior art.” Prior art has long included inventions that were already in…