This casebook for law students offers a dual emphasis on historical development and on economic issues affecting patent law principles. Early chapters explain the scope of subject matter covered by patents and examine patent-eligibility as governed by 35 U.S.C.A, Section 101. Three subsequent chapters are devoted to issues surrounding novelty and the prior art requirements that govern its applications. There is also discussion of the complexity of blending old and new prior requirements after the adoption of the America Invents Act. Two chapters are devoted to specialized legislation and the case law interpreting it, with example cases in industrial design and biologic drugs. Other areas covered are nonobviousness standards, patent enforcement under the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, infringement, and remedies under the US patent statute. While there is a chapter devoted to international patent law, international topics are woven throughout the text. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
