On Oct. 16, Inside Counsel magazine published an article by IP litigation partner Steve Baughman and IP litigation counsel Paul Schoenhard entitled "Understanding discovery in administrative post-grant proceedings at the Patent & Trademark Office." The article reviews the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) management of discovery in post-grant proceedings. The post-grant patent challenge proceedings were created by Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA)

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