McDermott Will & Emery LLP posted a nice summary of the major provisions of the Patent Reform Act just passed. Hat tip: Amol Parikh.
Not surprisingly, their article doesn’t discuss damages. As I’ve touched on previously, that’s because the damages issues (which had become rather contentious) have largely been adopted by the courts, and were subsequently removed from the bill.
Update: anyone looking for in-depth analysis of the America Invents Act may wish to check out the book THE 2011 PATENT LAW: Law and Practice by Harold Wegner.