The IP practice area is undergoing a major sea change, experts said, due to the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice Corp. and Octane Fitness LLC rulings in 2014, which were aimed at limiting
frivolous patent litigation; the 2012 America Invents Act, which set up the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board inter partes review process; and the Dec. 18 abolishment of the infamous «Form 18,» which heightened the specificity requirements for
filing patent infringement suits.