Home >
Law >
Intellectual Property / Patent / Copyright >
Thesaurus of Claim Construction, Second Edition

Thesaurus of Claim Construction, Second Edition

Author: Stuart B. Soffer; Robert C. Kahrl
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
ISBN: 9780199951017
Published In: December 2012
Format: Paperback (2 volumes) , 2304 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

Out of stock

Description
Contents
Author

Details

A unique, comprehensive thesaurus for claim construction terms
Written by two experts with a wealth of experience in IP law and technology
An excellent source of relevant cases tailored to the needs of those specifically interested in claim terms

Claim construction is a major phase of a patent litigation where the meaning and scope of the claims themselves - the invention - is determined by the court. The outcome of this definition phase is crucial to the respective infringement and invalidity positions of the parties. The Thesaurus of Claim Construction directs practitioners to cases-and in contrast to searches on more general electronic databases, only those cases-in which claim terms have previously been construed, and further to the sources of the evidence used by past courts to construe the terms in dispute.

This two-volume Second Edition is updated to include over 3,500 additional entries, some of which focus onBiotechnology, Pharmacology, and Cleantech. Ordinary Skill is now included as a topic.

Readership: Patent litigators (in-house and law firm), IP lawyers, academics and government officials

VOLUME ONE
CHAPTER 1: How to Use This Book
CHAPTER 2: Outline of the Law of Claim Construction
CHAPTER 3: Simple Terms
VOLUME TWO
CHAPTER 4: Outline of the Law Construing Means
Plus Function Elements
CHAPTER 5: Means Plus Function Terms
CHAPTER 6: No Construction Necessary
CHAPTER 7: Design Patents
CHAPTER 8: Ordinary Skill
APPENDICES
A: Index of Keywords in Context
B: Table of Dictionary References
C: Table of Cases

Stuart B. Soffer, Non-residential Fellow, Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, and Robert C. Kahrl, Practice Leader, Jones Day intellectual property practice

Stuart B. Soffer is a non-residential fellow of the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, and is the president of IPriori, Inc., a consultancy on intellectual-property issues regarding software and the Internet, including media download and digital rights. He is frequently retained as a technical expert analyzing infringement/validity in patent litigation and also consults on IP development and commercialization.

Robert C. Kahrl is a practice leader of the Jones Day intellectual property practice. He specializes in litigation of cases involving issues of technological complexity. His recent work has been in the fields of semiconductors, electronic systems, and medical devices. Cases in which his appearances have been a matter of public record include the largest patent-related litigation ever conducted before the International Trade Commission involving 10 patents for various aspects of DRAM chips (In re Certain Dynamic Random Access Memories). He is the author of the treatise Patent Claim Construction (2001, supplemented annually).