A user's guide to patents / Trevor Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Trevor M., author.

Series:

A User's Guide to...

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent laws and legislation--Great Britain.

Patent laws and legislation.

Patent practice--Great Britain.

Patent practice.

Patent laws and legislation--European Union countries.

Patent practice--European Union countries.

Patent laws and legislation--England.

Patent laws and legislation--Wales.

Patents (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (l, 908 pages).

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London England : Bloomsbury Professional, 2019.

Summary:

"A User's Guide to Patents, Fifth Edition provides guidance on the areas of European and UK patent law and procedure that are most important in day-to-day practice. This new edition sets out how patents can be obtained, exploited and enforced and addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that affect legal practitioners. It is essential reading for IP practitioners, solicitors and barristers, patent attorneys, in-house lawyers, management executives and inventors. Unique selling points: Explains how patents can be exploited and enforced by reference to the most recent UK and EPO case law Identifies and discusses the different patent law issues that can arise in specific industrial sectors Full tabulation of all English patent validity and infringement decisions given after full trial since 1997 Addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends in the field, both in Europe and internationally The following relevant developments are included: The new UK law as to infringement by equivalents following Actavis v Lilly (UKSC 2017) The degree to which new types of plant, produced by using certain modern biotechnological techniques, can be patented in the light of the exclusion for 'products obtained by essentially biological processes' and the ongoing controversy as to this between the EPO, the EPO Boards of Appeal and the EU The developing case law in the UK and the EPO on plausibility in the context of insufficiency and obviousness The Unjustified Threats Act 2017 and other procedural developments, such as those involving Arrow type declarations of obviousness Developments in standards related patent litigation, as in Unwired Planet v Huawei (Patents Court 2017, CA 2018)."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Patents generally

Chapter 1 Introduction to the patent system

Chapter 2 Applying for and securing the grant of a patent

Chapter 3 Transactions with patents and with patent applications

Chapter 4 Procedures in disputes concerning patents

Chapter 5 Patent validity - substantive law

Chapter 6 Patent infringement - substantive law and remedies

Part II Patents in specific areas of technology

Chapter 7 Patents for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals

Chapter 8 Biotechnology patents

Chapter 9 Patents in electronics, communications, and computing

Part III Appendices

Appendix 1 Adherence to International Patent Treaties (including latest version acceded to, or the accession date)

Appendix 2 Patents Court judgments on validity and infringement since 1997

Appendix 3 Court of Appeal judgments on validity and infringement since 1997

Appendix 4 Further reading

Appendix 5 Patent resources on the Internet

Appendix 6 Legislative materials

Notes:

Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526508690

1526508699

9781526508706

1526508702

OCLC:

1128784835