By Laura Herrington Watson, contributing writer | Phoenix Business Journal
Inventors and entrepreneurs have a whole new world of patent laws to contend with in the U.S., one that could impact their businesses going forward
The America Invents Act went into effect March 16, changing patent laws and influencing businesses across the United States. Reception to the multicomponent law has been positive in the legal community, while businesses still are determining how to handle it.
Kent Dicks is CEO of Scottsdale-based Alere Connect, a national health care company with more than 15 patents for wireless medical devices. He said businesses need to investigate the changes.
“As a company that relies on high-tech complex solution, our intellectual property is very important to us,” he said. “I don’t know the full extent of how the patent law will affect us, but I do know that we need to respond quicker to get our patentable ideas into a provisional patent, or a patent application.”
If you’d like to discuss intellectual property issues, contact Robert Iussa, chairman RLG Intellectual Property Dept., riussa@roselawgroup.com
