Recently, there have been several positive events for patent owners with respect to the Inter Partes Review (IPR) process created as part of the America Invents Act (AIA). While these developments are welcome, the IPR process will remain flawed and biased against inventors and the innovation economy until the lower burden of proof required to invalidate a claim in an IPR is addressed. It is therefore important to understand the threat to your IP portfolio that the IPR process presents and to have a robust IP roadmap in place that deals with the threat.
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