New Year’s resolutions are made to be broken. But on March 16, the America Invents Act (AIA) will come to aid inventors and corporate R&D departments to keep their resolution to not swear anymore.
Of course, we are not talking about profanity but rather the practice known as “swearing
behind” or antedating the date of invention when procuring a U.S. patent. But first, let us cover a little background before further discussing this no-more-swearing law.
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Yon S. Sohn is an intellectual property attorney at Carstens, Allen & Gourley, LLP, who practices in all areas of intellectual property law with a focus on patent law.
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By Yon S. Sohn, as featured in The Texas Lawbook
