The Modern Law of Patents

Part I. The Law of Patents;
1. Introduction;
2. Patentablity;
3. Exclusions from Patentability;
4. Construction of Patents;
5. Priority;
6. Infringement;

Part 2. Transactions, Licensing, Crown Use and Entitlement;
7. Entitlement to the patent and employee compensation;
8. Ownership of and transactions in patents;
9. Licenses of right, compulsory licenses and Crown use;

Part 3. Prosecution of Patent Applications;
10. Prosecution before the Intellectual Property Office;
11. Prosecution before the European Patent Office;
12. Prosecution under the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
13. Claim Drafting;

Part 4. Procedure, Hearings and Arbitration;
14. Infringement and revocation proceedings, declarations of non-infringement;
15. Hearings and oral proceedings before the Patent Offices;
16. Jurisdiction of the English Courts and enforcement of judgments;
17. Arbitration of patent disputes;

Part 5. Miscellaneous;
18. Patents and the law of Competition;
19. Border Controls;
20. Supplementary protection certificates;

Appendices;
A. The history of patent law;
B. Theory;
C. Future developments;
Pleadings and precedents;
Appendix 1 - United Kingdom Patents Legislation;
Appendix 2 - European Patent Convention;
Appendix 3 - Patent Cooperation Treaty;
Appendix 4 - Supplementary Protection Certificates;
Appendix 5 - EU Law;
Appendix 6 - Rules of Court;
Appendix 7 - Rules of Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office;
Appendix 8 - International Treaties;
Appendix 9 - Patent Agents;
Index