Texas Lawyer on USPTO Rules

Couple of interesting articles in this morning's Texas Lawyer on the timely subject of the final rules promulgated by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Ofice to implement the AIA.  On pages 4-5, in Pondering Patents: USPTO Issues Final Rules, a five-lawyer panel including  former Chief Judge David Folsom talk about which of the new rules they think is most likely to affect patent prosecution clients and patent litigation clients, and whether they're likely to have an effect on patent litigation in Texas. 

Then on the last page in Key Changes in USPTO's New Rules, I have a brief article focusing on the new inter partes review and post grant review mechanisms as options to traditional patent infringement litigation for challenging the validity of an issued patent.