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1 April 2021PatentsBrenton Babcock and Tyler Train

NHK-Fintiv: reaching the tipping point?

In 2012, Congress enacted the American Invents Act (AIA) for the stated goal of establishing a more efficient and streamlined patent system that would improve patent quality and limit unnecessary and counterproductive patent litigation costs.

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