Research handbook on patent law and theory / edited by Toshiko Takenaka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Takenaka, Toshiko, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in intellectual property

Research handbooks in intellectual property series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2019.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This significantly updated second edition of the Research Handbook on Patent Law provides comprehensive coverage of new research for patent protection in three major jurisdictions: the United States, Europe and Japan.

Contents:

Part I. Foundation

History of the patent system / John N. Adams

International treaties and patent law harmonization : today and beyond / Tomoko Miyamoto

Patents and policies for innovations and entrepreneurship / Ove Granstrand

Part II. Examination procedure

Trilateral cooperation evolving into global cooperation / Shinjiro Ono

Patenting software-related inventions in Europe / Stefan Schohe, Christian Appelt, and Heinz Goddar

Patenting inventions in medical sciences / Jan B. Krauss

The Lilly written description requirement : a doctrinal 'wild card' of uncertain effect / Christopher M. Holman

Part III. Patent enforcement

Claim construction under U.S. and German patent acts : wording used in the claims and the invention disclosed in the specification / Toshiko Takenaka and Christof Karl

The scope of patent protection for spare parts and its extension through other tools of intellectual property / Horst-Peter Götting and Sven Hetmank

Patent enforcement in Germany / Tilman Müller-Stoy

The theory and practice of patent damages in Japan and the U.S. : explaining the differences that remain / Christoph Rademacher

Resolving patent disputes in a global economy / Rochelle C. Dreyfuss

Specialized IP courts : the Unified Patent Court (UPC) / Stefan Luginbuehl and Dieter Stauder

Part IV. Current issues

Pharmaceutical patents / John R. Thomas

Patent litigation reform in the United States / Greg Reilly

Design patent-utility patent intersection / Xuan-Thao Nguyen

Current controversies concerning patent rights and public health in a world of international norms / Cynthia M. Ho

Part V. Examination procedure addition

A comparative approach to the inventive step / Amy L. Landers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on May 16, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Research handbook on patent law and theory.

ISBN:

9781785364129

178536412X

OCLC:

1089614441

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license. Access for three concurrent users only.