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Commentary

10 Years Later, The AIA Is Not Done Reshaping Patent Law

September 15, 2021

Law360

After ten years of the America Invents Act (AIA) being in effect, the world of patent law has been forever changed. Law360 interviewed Finnegan partner Josh Goldberg to reflect on how the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) caused a shift in the “balance of power” in patent cases.

Josh said, “At the beginning, [the law] was very much tilting the overall landscape in favor of defendants, but over the years we've seen it start to swing back to no longer favor defendants with the intensity that it did at the beginning."

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America Invents Act (AIA), Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), America Invents Act (AIA) 10 Year Anniversary

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