A User's Guide to Patents 4th Edition

Name: A User's Guide to Patents 4th Edition
Brand: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
SKU: 9781780434896
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Author: Trevor Cook
ISBN: 9781780434896

By Trevor Cook

Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing) November 2015

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ISBN-13: 9781780434896
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
Publication: November 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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A User’s Guide to Patents, 4th edition provides guidance on the areas of European and UK patent law and procedure that are most important in day-to-day practice.

It sets out how patents can be obtained, exploited and enforced as well as addressing wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that affect legal practitioners.

The fourth edition is brought fully up to date to include the introduction of the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) and how it will work in practice.

Fully updated to include the latest developments, this fourth edition will be of great use to in-house lawyers, solicitors and barristers, as well as professionals interested in patents, including patent agents, and top level management executives.

Part 1 Patents generally

1. Introduction to the patent system

2. Applying for and securing the grant of a patent

3. Transactions with patents and with patent applications

4. Procedures in disputes concerning patents

5. Patent validity – substantive law

6. Patent infringement – substantive law

Part II Patents in specific areas of technology

7. Patents for chemicals, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

8. Biotechnology patents

9. Patents in electronics, communications, computing and for business methods

Part III Appendices