Patent law / Craig Allen Nard, R. Polk Wagner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nard, Craig Allen.

Contributor:

Wagner, R. Polk.

Series:

Concepts and insights series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--United States.

Patent laws and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Foundation Press ; [St. Paul, Minn] : Thomson/West, [2008]

Summary:

Concepts and Insights Series

Professor Nard is the Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law and the founding director of the Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy at the University of Torino, Italy, and is a frequent lecturer at various European universities, including Bocconi University in Milan and the University of Barcelona. Mr. Nard clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., for both the Honorable Giles S. Rich and Helen W. Nies. Before clerking on the Federal Circuit, Nard practiced patent law for four years in Dallas, Texas, focusing on patent litigation. His scholarship has been published in numerous law reviews, including the Georgetown Law Journal, Northwestern Law Review, and the Review of Law and Economics.

Professor Wagner focuses his research and teaching in intellectual property law and policy, with a special interest in patent law. He is the author of over fifteen articles on topics ranging from an empirical analysis of judicial decision-making in the patent law to the First Amendment status of software programs. His work has appeared in the Stanford Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, among several others. He is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property topics, presenting his research at both academic institutions and prominent industry groups. Prior to joining the Penn faculty, Wagner served as a clerk to Judge Raymond C. Clevenger III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He holds a law degree from Stanford, an engineering degree from the University of Michigan, and was a Roger M. Jones Fellow at the London School of Economics.

Contents:

What is patent and why do we have a patent system?

Trends and challenges to the modern patent system

The federal circuit and the patent system

An overview of patent prosecution

Disclosure requirements

Novelty and statutory bars

Non-obviousness

Eligible subject matter and utility

Claim construction

Infringement

Defenses to patent infringement

Remedies.

Notes:

"75th Anniversary"--cover and t. p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587789021

1587789027

OCLC:

188808076