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Zusatztext This reviewer agrees with the advertising blurb which states that the book 'will be particularly useful for trainees and new entrants to the patent profession'. It provides a helpful entrée to the field of patenting. Informationen zum Autor Philip Grubb is formerly Intellectual Property Counsel of Novartis International AG, and Adjunct Professor of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH (2007-8). Peter R. Thomsen is a Swiss and European Patent Attorney and a CEIPI (University of Strasbourg) tutor. He was elected into the Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) for the period 2011-2014 and is currently working as Global Head IP-Policy and Senior Manager IP-Litigation at Novartis International AG. Tom Hoxie is a Patent Attorney with over 25 years of experience in intellectual property law, and founder of his own law firm, Hoxie & Associates LLC. He has given numerous seminars on patent law to patent attorneys in the United States and Europe and was a tutor in European patent law for the Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (CEIPI) at the Université de Strasbourg.Gordon Wright is a Consultant and UK and European Patent Attorney at Elkington & Fife LLP. He has nearly 30 years experience in patents, the greater part of which was spent in-house in the pharmaceutical industry. Klappentext The established and highly-acclaimed introduction to patent law and practice, guiding the reader through the legal and procedural complexities of the British, European, Japanese, and United States patent systems. Zusammenfassung The established and highly-acclaimed introduction to patent law and practice, guiding the reader through the legal and procedural complexities of the British, European, Japanese, and United States patent systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introduction and Background to the Modern Patent System 1: The Nature and Origins of Patent Rights 2: Historical Developments 3: Harmonization of Patent Law Part II: Patent Law and Procedure 4: What can be Patented 5: Filing a Patent Application 6: Obtaining a Granted Patent: Patent Cooperation and Treaty Procedure 7: Obtaining a Granted Patent: European Patent Office Procedure 8: Obtaining a Granted Patent: National Procedures 9: Maintaining a Patent in Force and Extending the Patent Term 10: Enforcing Patent Rights 11: Invalidity and Amendment of Granted Patents Part III: Patentability of Inventions in Specific Technical Fields 12: Chemical Inventions 13: Pharmaceutical Inventions 14: Biotechnological Inventions 15: Patenting of Genes, Plants, and Animals Part IV: Patenting in Practice 16: The Patent Practitioner and his Functions 17: Drafting the Patent Specification 18: Drafting the Claims Part V: Commercial Exploitation of Patents 20: Inventorship, Ownership and Compensation 21: Commercial Exploitation of Patents 22: How to Catch the Infringer - and How not to be Caught 23: Patent Aspects of Licensing 24: Patents and Competition Law ...
