ARE Patent Law Alert:Overview of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on Patents

On Thursday, September 8, 2011, the U.S. Senate passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, H.R. 1249 (“the Act”), by an 89-9 vote, thus adopting the form of the bill previously approved by the House of Representatives. It is expected that the President will sign the bill into law shortly. The Act amends the Patent Law […]