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  • Formaat: Hardback, 1921 pages, kõrgus x laius: 246x155 mm, kaal: 1580 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Oct-2014
  • Kirjastus: Butterworths Law
  • ISBN-10: 1405787376
  • ISBN-13: 9781405787376
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  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Oct-2014
  • Kirjastus: Butterworths Law
  • ISBN-10: 1405787376
  • ISBN-13: 9781405787376
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The third edition of this popular title is an essential resource for patent lawyers and attorneys. Written by some of the most eminent IP practitioners, The Modern Law of Patents offers a fresh, and comprehensive exposition of the law relating to patents in the UK and Europe, including before the Unified Patent Court. The third edition of the book covers the following:

- Conception, initial protection, prosecution, validity, transmission, exploitation and infringement;

- Detailed discussion of remedies, including domestic, under the Enforcement Directive and also those available before the Unified Patent Court;

- Detailed coverage of the laws of patents as they relate to computers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnological inventions and aspects of the laws of competition, criminal and border controls and inventive products and inventive processes as patented inventions;

- Guidance in relation to the law of patents from a prosecution and procedural aspect as well as auxiliary aspects (such as human rights);

- Extended discussion of patent prosecution at the EPO and the UK Intellectual Property Office as well as the procedural rules before the Unified Patent Court;

- Materials in paper, which provide the statutory and practical basis for the existence and subsistence of patents in the United Kingdom and in relation to prosecution of patent applications in the European Patent Office.
Foreword v
Preface vii
Abbreviations vii
Table of cases
xxvii
Table of statutes
cv
Table of statutory instruments
cxxiii
Table of European legislation
cxxxiii
Table of international legislation
cxlvii
Table of European Patent Office decisions and opinions
clxi
Table of decisions and notices
cclv
Table of arbitration rules
cclix
PART 1 THE LAW OF PATENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction
The basics
1(2)
The law
3(3)
International Conventions of patents
6(7)
European Union
13(1)
The Intellectual Property Office
14(2)
Interrelationship of conventions and the Patents Act 1977
16(11)
Interpreting the European Patent Convention
27
Precedent
26
Chapter 2 Patentability
Introduction
1(2)
International standards
3(2)
Is it an invention?
5(10)
Novelty
15(150)
Inventive step
165(148)
Industrial application
313
Chapter 3 Exclusions from patentability
Introduction
1(2)
Non-inventions
3(83)
Exceptions
86(39)
Medical methods
125
Chapter 4 Construction of patents
Introduction
1(1)
Sufficiency
2(47)
Sequence listings
49(5)
Micro-organism deposit
54(42)
Claims
96(60)
Added matter
156(58)
Extending the scope of protection
214
Chapter 5 Priority
Background
1(3)
International law
4(4)
General approach
8(2)
Basic rule -- date of filing is filing date
10(2)
Claiming priority
12(6)
Claims must be from the first application
18(3)
Time period
21(3)
'Same invention'
24(8)
Priority interval
32(5)
Multiple and partial priority
37
Chapter 6 Construction of patents
Introduction
1(5)
Statutory provisions on construction
6(4)
The practice of claim construction
10(3)
Purposive construction
13(18)
Summary of the principles applicable to construction
31(2)
Construction is a question of law
33(4)
The relevant circumstances of the specification
37(9)
Canons of construction
46(17)
Improver/Protocol Questions
63(12)
European Patent Office practice
75(15)
Particular issues
90(6)
Specific issues of construction
96
Chapter 7 Infringement
Introduction
1(2)
Infringement in international law
3(9)
The claims
12(1)
Infringing Acts
13(56)
Time when a patent can be infringed
69(2)
Territorial scope of infringement
71(2)
Other matters
73(13)
Who can sue?
86(7)
Who can be sued?
93(9)
Burden of proof
102(3)
Permitted acts
105(57)
Right to continue non-infringing use ('third party rights')
162(21)
State and diplomatic immunity
183(2)
Exhaustion
185(6)
Pseudo-defences
191(3)
Partial defences (restrictions of remedies)
194
Chapter 8 Introduction
1(1)
Enforcement Directive
2(4)
Injunctions
6(47)
Domestic courts -- final injunctions
53(15)
Unified Patent Court -- final injunctions
68(11)
Certificate of contested validity of patent
79(7)
Publication of the judgment
86(3)
Monetary remedies -- domestic courts
89(52)
Subsequently revoked patent
141(4)
Restrictions on financial remedies
145(1)
Monetary remedies -- Unified Patent Court
146(1)
Declarations of non-infringement -- domestic courts
147
PART 2 TRANSACTIONS, LICENSING, CROWN USE AND ENTITLEMENT
Chapter 9 Entitlement to the patent and employee compensation
Introduction
1(1)
Entitlement -- the statutory code
2(66)
International jurisdiction over entitlement disputes
68(11)
Entitlement disputes and EPO proceedings
79(2)
Employee compensation
81
Chapter 10 Ownership of, and transactions in, patents
Introduction
1(2)
The nature of patent property and property in the 'invention'
3(8)
Ownership
11(7)
Transactions
18(3)
General rule on construction of contracts
21(3)
Assignment
24(15)
Voluntary licences and sub-licences
39(26)
Terms in patent licences
65(32)
Mortgages
97(2)
Vesting by operation of law
99(4)
Registration of ownership and dealings
103(6)
General provisions
109
Chapter 11 Licences of right, compulsory licences and Crown use
Licenses of right -- introduction
1(1)
The domestic procedure
2(18)
Unitary patent
20(2)
Compulsory licences
22(48)
Crown use
70
PART 3 PROSECUTION OF PATENT APPLICATIONS
Chapter 12 Prosecution before the Intellectual Property Office
Introduction
1(1)
Who may apply
2(3)
Date of filing
5(12)
National security
17(12)
Application
29(11)
Claims of priority
40(11)
Mention of the inventor
51(7)
Preliminary examination
58(4)
Search
62(13)
Publication of the application
75(7)
Third party observations
82(2)
Substantive examination
84(10)
Voluntary amendment
94(6)
Divisional (or new) applications
100(7)
Compliance period
107(3)
Grant
110(1)
Renewal
111(14)
Voluntary withdrawal and surrender
125(3)
Revocation by comptroller
128(3)
Post-grant amendment
131(9)
Reinstatement and extending time limits
140(35)
Corrections of mistakes
175(4)
Translations
179(3)
Register
182(12)
Inspection and notification of documents
194(14)
Electronic filing
208(24)
Immunity
232(2)
Offences
234(5)
Forms
239(1)
Extension of UK patents (and European patents (UK))
240(12)
Delegation
252(3)
Journal and law reports
255
Chapter 13 Prosecution before the European Patent Office
Introduction
1(5)
Who may apply
6(1)
Date of filing
7(12)
National security
19(7)
Application
26(12)
Claims of priority
38(6)
Mention of the inventor
44(3)
Formalities examination
47(2)
Search
49(14)
Publication of the application
63(11)
Third party observations
74(2)
Substantive examination
76(9)
PACE (accelerated prosecution)
85(3)
Voluntary amendment
88(3)
Divisional (or new) applications
91(8)
Grant
99(7)
Unitary patent
106(2)
Extension of European Patent
108(2)
Validation
110(9)
Renewal
119(4)
Voluntary withdrawal and surrender
123(3)
Extension of time limits, further processing and re-establishing rights
126(31)
Interruptions
157(5)
Corrections of mistakes
162(5)
Language of proceedings and translations
167(2)
Electronic filing and technical means of communication
169(13)
Representatives
182(3)
The European Patent Register and file inspection
185(9)
Publications
194(1)
Immunity
195
Chapter 14 Prosecution under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Introduction
1(3)
International phase
4(1)
Who may apply?
5(4)
Date of filing
9(28)
National security
37(1)
Application
38(24)
Claims of priority
62(14)
Mention of the inventor
76(2)
Formalities examination
78(6)
Search
84(25)
Publication of the application
109(8)
Third party observations
117(1)
Substantive examination (international preliminary examination)
118(28)
Voluntary amendment
146(6)
Divisional applications
152(1)
Entering the national/regional phase
153(30)
Voluntary withdrawal
183(4)
Reinstatement and extending time limits
187(10)
Correction of mistakes
197(5)
Translations
202(1)
Register
203(1)
Inspection and notification of documents
204(5)
Electronic filing
209(10)
Representation
219(2)
Immunity
221
PART 4 PROCEDURE, HEARINGS AND ARBITRATION
Chapter 15 Proceedings before the Patents Court and Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court
Introduction
1(2)
Pre-action conduct
3(16)
Starting a claim
19(13)
On transfer
32(1)
The parties
33(2)
Claim form
35(4)
Particulars of Claim
39(21)
Acknowledgment of service and defence
60(12)
Reply
72(2)
Admissions and further information
74(2)
Interim remedies
76(17)
Case management
93(13)
Disclosure
106(24)
Inspection and experiments
130(8)
Scientific advisers
138(3)
Conduct of trial
141(17)
Experts and judicial notice
158(6)
Costs
164(19)
Enforcement
183(7)
Rights of audience and to conduct litigation before High Court
190
Chapter 16 Proceedings before the Unified Patent Court
Background
1(7)
Approach in this chapter
8(1)
The Court
9(5)
Patents which may be litigated
14(3)
The Competence of the Court
17(6)
Overriding approach
23(1)
Service
24(4)
Stages of proceedings
28(1)
Written procedure
29(21)
Provisional measures
50(9)
Changing parties to proceedings
59(5)
'Interim procedure' and case management
64(11)
Oral proceedings
75(1)
Evidence
76(10)
Decision on merits
86(3)
Proceedings for damages
89(6)
Final remedies
95(1)
Costs
96(3)
Appeal
99(14)
Re-hearing
113(6)
Enforcement of decision
119(1)
Language of proceedings
120(5)
Representation
125(2)
Legal aid
127(1)
Decisions by default and re-establishment of rights
128(3)
Settlement and withdrawal
131(1)
General matters
132
Chapter 17 Hearings and oral proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office, appeals and judicial review
Hearings before the comptroller
1(68)
Appeals to the High Court
69(19)
Opinions
88(14)
Judicial review
102
Chapter 18 Hearings and oral proceedings before the European Patent Office
Introduction
1(1)
Right to be heard
2(4)
Main and auxiliary requests
6(2)
Oral proceedings
8(25)
Opposition
33(31)
Limitation or revocation proceedings
64(8)
Board of Appeal
72(38)
Enlarged Board of Appeal
110
Chapter 19 Jurisdiction of the English courts and enforcement of judgments
Introduction
1(7)
The general principle
8(9)
Exceptions to the general principle
17(18)
Agreements as to jurisdiction
35(5)
Exclusive jurisdiction
40(11)
Multiple defendants
51(4)
The UK -- allocating between England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
55(4)
Jurisdiction over defendants resident outside the European economic area and Switzerland
59(14)
Unitary patent
73(1)
Avoiding dual and inconvenient litigation
74(19)
Enforcement of judgments
93
Chapter 20 Arbitration of patent disputes and applicable law
Introduction
1(4)
Arbitration agreement
5(7)
Appointment and removal of arbitrator
12(8)
Seat of arbitration
20(8)
Arbitrability
28(26)
Interim and protective measures
54(6)
Applicable law
60(32)
Presumption of English law
92(1)
Challenge and enforcement of the award
93
PART 5 MISCELLANEOUS
Chapter 21 Patents and the law of competition
Introduction
1(1)
Specific subject matter
2(3)
Article 101 -- anti-competitive agreements
5(16)
Voidability
21(3)
Market definition
24(13)
Pro-competitive agreements
37(4)
Licensing and technology transfer -- Block exemptions
41(23)
Research and development -- Block exemption
64(8)
Vertical Agreements -- Block exemption
72(1)
De minimus exemption
73(4)
Outside the block exemptions
77(1)
Licence terms
78(11)
Guidance
89(2)
The National Competition Authorities
91(4)
Settlements of litigation
95(1)
Article 102 -- Market abuse
96(18)
Patent pooling
114(14)
Competition and licensing
128(10)
Abuse of the laws of competition as a defence
138
Chapter 22 Border controls
Introduction
1(2)
Illicit goods
3(5)
The Community Customs Code
8(7)
The applicability of the Border Regulation
15(6)
Procedure
21(18)
Immunity of customs
39(2)
Liability of right holder
41(2)
Penalties
43(1)
Misuse of information
44(2)
Pharmaceutical made under certain compulsory licences
46
Chapter 23 Supplementary protection certificates
1(1)
Introduction
1(2)
The need for a marketing authorisation
3(1)
Implementation of the regime in the UK
4(4)
Purpose of the Regulations
8(3)
Conditions for obtaining a certificate
11(28)
Scope of protection granted by a certificate
39(7)
Duration of protection under the certificate
46(11)
Procedure
57(9)
Examination
66(5)
Granted certificates
71(5)
Dealing in certificates
76(1)
Invalidity and revocation
77(5)
Appeal
82(1)
Miscellaneous matters
83
Chapter 24 Unjustified threats of infringement
Introduction
1(2)
Threats and the Civil Procedure Rules
3(2)
Basic tort
5(10)
Who can sue?
15(6)
Who can be sued?
21(2)
Factual information
23(2)
Manufacturers and importers
25(5)
Justification and honest belief
30(7)
Threats against secondary infringers
37(6)
Relief
43(9)
Other related torts
52
PART 6 HISTORY AND THEORY
Chapter 25 Introduction to the history of patent law
Introduction
1(1)
The origins of the patent system
2(6)
The English system
8(74)
European Patent Convention
82(21)
Patent Cooperation Treaty
103
Chapter 26 An introduction to patent law theory
Introduction
1(1)
The justification of modern patent law
2(2)
The economic justification of the patent system
4(22)
The ethical justification of the patent system
26
Appendices
Pleadings and precedents
1303(46)
Appendix 1 United Kingdom Patents Legislation
1349(212)
Appendix 2 European Patent Convention
1561(98)
Appendix 3 Patent Cooperation Treaty
1659(132)
Appendix 4 The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
1791(132)
Appendix 5 Supplementary Protection Certificates
1923(18)
Appendix 6 EU Law
1941(158)
Appendix 7 Rules of Court
2099(58)
Appendix 8 Rules of Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
2157(10)
Appendix 9 International Treaties
2167(84)
Index 2251