Law: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 2011 (USA)

Saturday Opinion: If the agency seeks to single out Unified Patents and bar it from filing IPRs, argues its GC Jonathan Stroud, it must also scrutinise the lack of transparency and conduct of prolific NPEs

20 May 2023

Congress members grilled USPTO Director Kathi Vidal for rule-making proposals that they view as outside the statutory authority of the America Invents Act

28 April 2023

Saturday Opinion: USPTO Director Kathi Vidal’s sanctions are a good start, but more must be done to curb untoward behaviour going forward

11 March 2023

With Senator Leahy due to step down this month, IAM takes a look back at his impact on intellectual property

14 December 2022