U.S. Patent Reform Act of 2011 ('America Invents Act'): The Transition from First-to-Invent to First-to-File Principle

AuthorShuba Haaldodderi Krishnamurthy
Pages39-52
U.S. Patent Reform Act of 2011 (“America Invents Act”): The Transition from First-to-Invent to First-to-File Principle
2014
39
1
U.S. Patent Reform Act of 2011 (“America
Invents Act”): The Transition from First-
to-Invent to First-to-File Principle
by Shuba Haaldodderi Krishnamurthy
© 2013 Shuba Haaldodderi Krishnamurthy
Everybody may disseminate this ar ticle by electroni c means and make it available for downlo ad under the terms and
conditions of the Digita l Peer Publishing Licence (DPPL). A copy of the license text may be obtaine d at http://nbn-resolving.
de/urn:nbn:de:0009-dppl-v3-en8 .
This article may also b e used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, available at h t t p : //
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.
Recommended citation: Shuba Haa ldodderi Krishnamurthy, U.S. Patent Reform Act of 2011 (“America Invents Act ”), 5 (2014)
JIPITEC 39, para 1
A. Introduction
1
In September 2011, the America Invents Act – an ex-
tensive and wide-ranging patent reform law – was
enacted in the United States of America. The adop-
tion of these reforms was an attempt to (i) improve
-



world. Consistent with this objective of harmoni-
   -
   -
  
principle.
2 This article will begin with a brief overview of the




   
that has been adopted with the America Invents Act.
-
 
opposition to it. Section V reviews what the transi-
   -

   
VI. The last section of the article, section VIII, con-

B. A Brief History of Patent
Reform in the United States
I. Pre-20th century
3  -
 
 
 
 
  
-
-
1
4 

 -



patent law itself, owing to the establishment of in-

   
2
3


-
  
4
In 1952, major
  -
   
Keywords: Open Innovation, General Terms and Conditions of Business, Employee Inventions

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT