- March 24, 2016
- Intellectual Property
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The United States Transitions To A ‘First-Inventor- To-File’ Patent System
The United States has long had a “first-to-invent” patent system in which the date of invention could trump the date of filing a patent application in determining patent rights. However, that is set to change due to the America Invents Act (AIA), a sweeping patent reform bill signed into...