The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit faced an issue of first impression when a named inventor on three patents challenged the first-inventor-to-file provision of the America Invents Act ...

There was only one way to keep up with the growing prep basketball landscape in Arizona: Open it up. Like it has done for three years now in football, the Arizona Interscholastic Association will ...

The United States has stood apart as one of the few countries that did not abide by the first-to-file system until recently. Specifically, the patent statutes previously identified novelty and ...

The first-to-file provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) took effect on March 16, 2013. The predominant view among patent practitioners is that applicants should in general keep their ...