American Inventors Protection Act
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Template:Use American English Template:United States patent law The American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA) is a United States federal law enacted on November 29, 1999, as Public Law 106-113. In 2002, the Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002, Public Law 107-273, amended AIPA.
AIPA contains significant changes to American Patent Law. AIPA added [1]
- An "earlier invention" defense for business method patents – 35 U.S.C. §273;
- Publication of US patent applications for foreign published applications – 35 U.S.C. §122;
- Patent term restoration for delays caused by the Patent and Trademark Office – 35 U.S.C. §154;
- The Request for Continued Examination (RCE) patent prosecution procedure; and
- Disclosure requirements for invention promotion firms.[2][3]
Political considerations
Large corporations generally supported the bill. Independent inventors generally opposed the bill.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ Invention Promotion Firms, Federal Trade Commission, retrieved 2013-08-30
- ↑ Edward Robinson "They Saved Small Business When corporate America tried to seize the patent system from independent inventors, this Boston couple came to the rescue.", Fortune Small Business Magazine, April 1, 2000
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Further reading
- The American Inventor’s Protection Act: A Legislative History, Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal
- J. Richardson and K. Sibley, THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COMMUNICATIONS OMNIBUS REFORM ACT OF 1999: an Overview for IP PractitionersScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology