Personally I read Leahy-Smith America Invents Act in completely opposed way. The old system was only used in U.S. and Canada. Which is pretty shitty thing for

Personally I read Leahy-Smith America Invents Act in completely opposed way. The old system was only used in U.S. and Canada. Which is pretty shitty thing for any patent system. Global coverage is beneficial on it's own right, both for inventors and for economies. Your old system was very susceptible for forgery, produced nasty arguments and rewarded inventors who didn't disclose their inventions as soon as possible. All of these are detrimental for both, inventors and economy.