Helping or Hindering the Genius of America?: The Conflict in Congress Surrounding the First-Inventor-to-File and Revised Grace Period and the Resulting Impact

"On March 16, 2013, the United States shifted to a 'first-inventor-to-file' system and substantially revised the grace period as part of the America Invents Act ('AIA'), a sweeping patent reform signed into law by President Obama in September 2011. Although this transition from a first-to-invent ('FTI') to a first-inventor-to-file ('FITF') system may appear simple, '[t]he reality is more complex than those designations imply.'" * 

Senior associate Rebecca Horton shares more in her journal publication, "Helping or Hindering the Genius of America?: The Conflict in Congress Surrounding the First-Inventor-to-File and Revised Grace Period and the Resulting Impact," in the Santa Clara Law Review.

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* Rebecca Horton, Comment, Helping or Hindering the Genius of America?: The Conflict in Congress Surrounding the First-Inventor-to-File and Revised Grace Period and the Resulting Impact, 55 Santa Clara L. Rev. 729 (2015).

This is a publication Rebecca Horton wrote prior to joining Hogan Lovells.