Patent law essentials : a concise guide / Alan L. Durham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durham, Alan L., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--United States.

Patent laws and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1999.

Summary:

This concise, up-to-date survey of U.S. patent law uses examples, many from actual cases, to explain the various aspects of the patent system, including issues of patent validity, infringement, the application process, and litigation.

Contents:

1.1 Origins 1

1.2 Summary and Roadmap 3

1.3 Sources of Law 7

2 Patents Distinguished From Other Rights 9

2.1 Copyrights 9

2.2 Trademarks 11

2.3 Trade Secrets 11

2.4 Patents 14

3 Reading A Patent 15

3.2 Drawings 17

3.3 Specification 18

3.4 Claims 19

4 Patentable Subject Matter 23

4.1 Abstract Ideas 24

4.2 Principles of Nature 24

4.3 Living Organisms 25

4.4 Artistic and Literary Creations 27

4.5 Printed Matter 27

4.6 Methods of Doing Business 28

5 Patent Prosecution 31

5.1 Examination 31

5.2 Continuations and Continuations-in-Part 33

5.3 Divisional Applications 35

5.4 Interferences 35

5.5 Reissue 36

5.6 Reexamination 38

6 Ownership and Other Rights 41

6.1 Inventorship 41

6.2 Assignments 43

6.3 Licenses 44

7 Interpreting Patent Claims 49

7.1 "Plain Meaning" 50

7.2 Specification 51

7.3 Prosecution History 53

7.4 Other Claims 53

7.5 Validity 54

7.6 Preambles 54

7.7 Special Claim Formats 56

8 Conditions of Patentability 61

8.1 Examination versus Litigation 61

8.2 Presumption of Validity 62

8.3 Assignor Estoppel 63

8.4 Utility 63

8.5 Definiteness 66

8.6 Enablement 69

8.7 "Best Mode" 72

8.8 Written Description Requirement 76

8.9 Novelty 80

8.10 Section 102(b) Statutory Bars 105

8.11 Other Statutory Bars ([sections] 102(c), (d)) 111

8.12 Double Patenting 112

9 Enforceability Defenses 115

9.1 Inequitable Conduct 115

9.2 Misuse 119

10 Infringement 123

10.1 Patent Term 123

10.2 Geographic Limitations 124

10.3 State of Mind 125

10.4 Direct and Indirect Infringement 125

10.5 Literal Infringement 129

10.6 The Doctrine of Equivalents 131

10.7 Equivalence in the Context of Means-Plus-Function Claims 146

10.8 The Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents 148

10.9 Experimental Use Exception to Infringement 149

11 Patent Litigation 151

11.1 Jurisdiction and Venue 152

11.2 Declaratory Judgment 154

11.3 Burden of Proof 155

11.4 The Role of Judge and Jury 155

11.5 Bifurcation 157

11.6 Preliminary Injunctions 158

11.7 Summary Judgment 159

11.8 Remedies 160

11.9 The International Trade Commission 171

11.10 Judgments of Invalidity 172

12.1 Design Patents 173

12.2 Plant Patents 176

12.3 Foreign Patents 178

12.4 Patenting Computer Programs 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

156720242X

OCLC:

39033341