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Perspective

Feb. 20, 2015

Clarifying standards for covered business method review

The review procedures created by the America Invents Act often involes a complicated and unpredictable inquiry. By Clem Roberts and Alex Moss


By Clem Roberts and Alex Moss


The America Invents Act created new (and changed existing) post-grant review procedures that let outside parties challenge patents from inside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - at a lower cost and without the presumption of validity that applies in district court litigation. One of the new procedures is covered business method patent review (CBMR), which, unlike other types of post-grant review, allows challenges under Sections...

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