A User's Guide to Patents
3rd Edition
Published on 30. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
878 pages
978-1-84766-890-5 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the popular User's Guide series, this unique and accessible book focuses on the areas of patent law and procedure which prove to have the most practical importance in day-to-day practice. The expert analysis takes in the wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that will affect legal practitioners. Fully updated to include the latest developments, this new third 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.
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Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
927 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84766-890-5 (9781847668905)
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Trevor Cook
A User's Guide to Patents
Book
11/2015
4th Edition
Bloomsbury Professional
€207.98
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Content
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; 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, computing and for business methods; Part III Appendices; Appendix 1 Adherence to International Patent Treaties; Appendix 2 Patents Court and Court of Appeal workload; Appendix 3 Patents Court and Court of Appeal judgments on validity and infringement since 1997; Appendix 4 Suggestions as to books for further reading; Appendix 5 Patent resources on the web; Appendix 6 Legislative materials.