An examination of what continues to be a vexing issue in patent law, the requirement that a patentable invention have an inventive step. The purpose of the study is to highlight the need for, and desirability of, a rigorous, consistent approach to the requirement. The author analyzes the development of the inventive step requirement, outlines a suggested approach to the requirement, and blends a discussion of the substantive legal issues - based primarily on existing Canadian jurisprudence and statutory provisions - with some of the author's proposals. The study covers developments up to January 1982.
Reihe
Studies in Industrial Property and Copyright Law
5
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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ISBN-13
978-3-527-25699-0 (9783527256990)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part I: Terminology and Statutory Basis; Introduction; Glossary of Terminology; History of the Relevant Statutory Provisions; Part II: The Evolution of the Inventive Step Requirement; United Kingdom; United States; Canada; Part III: Analysis and Proposals; Analysis of the Development of the Inventive Step Requirement; The Application of the United States Developments to Canadian Law; A Proposed Approach to the Inventive Step Requirement; Part IV: Discussion of Proposals and Existing Law; The Claimed Invention; The Prior Art; The Difference; The Background of the Field of Art; The Evaluation of the Difference_Inventive Step; Secondary Considerations; Special Cases; Conclusion; Bibliography; Table of Cases; Index.
