Thursday, May 17, 2012

IPO TESTIFIES ON RULES FOR AIA PATENT REVIEW PROCEEDINGS

Yesterday KEVIN RHODES of 3M testified on behalf of IPO before the House Judiciary Committee on “Implementation of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.” IPO complimented the Judiciary Committee on passage of the AIA and complimented USPTO Director KAPPOS on excellent progress to date on implementing rules for the AIA. IPO’s testimony concentrated on Post Grant Review and Inter Partes Review proceedings. Rhodes said: (1) the USPTO decision on whether to institute a review should be based on as complete a record as possible; (2) both petitioners and patent owners should be required to make initial disclosures of information and documents that support or contradict their positions; (3) the rules should allow patent reviews to progress without awaiting motion practice or rulings from the USPTO Board Read More...