Intellectual Assets

Less than a year after sweeping changes were made to the nation's intellectual property laws, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released final guidelines for review of issued patents in the USPTO that permit broader challenges by those who want to attack the patentability of issued patent claims. These new rules implement the America Invents Act (AIA, enacted Sept. 16, 2011) and introduce a variety of new …

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