It seems that media just read the title of the bill and ran with it. Explain it to me as a 5 year old: This is not a true 'first to file'. You basically get 1

It seems that media just read the title of the bill and ran with it. Explain it to me as a 5 year old: This is not a true 'first to file'. You basically get 1 year grace period. Example: John gives a speech on his invention. Mark files a patent a month later after hearing John's speech. John then files a patent application 6 months later. Mark's application cannot be used against John's application as prior art,even though, Mark filed a application first. This was generally the practice before AIA. As most people would say it harmonizes US patent laws with around the world. In other words, mostly semantics...