Intellectual Property Magazine
Happy 10th birthday
Although not perfect, the AIA has brought greater efficiency and transparency to the US patent system
Aziz Burgy, Bailey V Cage and Aaron Z Savit - Axinn,Veltrop & Harkrider
Ten years ago, the America Invents Act(AIA) was passed and signed into law.
1 TheAIA made several significant changes to the US patent system,includingtransitioning the US from a first-to-invent system
to a first-to-file systemand introducing alternative routes to more efficiently challenge questionablepatents outside of federal
court.