Lane Published on AIA in Lexis UK

John Lane, the leading Lexis UK contributing author on intellectual property and information technology, published a 2 part article on The America Invents Act spanning issues such as:

• Background to the America Invents Act
• The AIA in comparison to European practice
• Post Grant Review and Inter Partes Review (IPR)
• ‘First to file’ or ‘First inventor to file’ principle, and prior art
• Prior use
• Provisional applications, priority, and grace periods
• Post Grant Review (PGR)
• Patent 

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• IPR and PGR Standard of Claim Interpretation
• Estoppel under PGR/IPR
• Stay of litigation pending PGR/IPR
• The covered business method (CBM) procedure (transitional program for CBMs)
• The effects of Alice Corp Pty v CLS Bank Intern, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 573 US __, 189 L. Ed. 2d 296 (2014).
• The meaning of a CBM patent contrasted with a ‘technological invention’
• Expansion of the prior user defense
• Elimination of the best mode defense
• Limitation of wilful infringement claims

John Lane specializes in complex intellectual property litigation and his practice is focused both in the U.S. and on an international scale.