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Terrell on the Law of Patents 17th edition [Kietas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Hardback, 1328 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 15-Dec-2010
  • Leidėjas: Sweet & Maxwell
  • ISBN-10: 1847039030
  • ISBN-13: 9781847039033
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 1328 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 15-Dec-2010
  • Leidėjas: Sweet & Maxwell
  • ISBN-10: 1847039030
  • ISBN-13: 9781847039033
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
TERRELL ON THE LAW OF PATENTS Richard Miller QC, Guy Burkill QC, His Honour Judge Birss QC and Douglas Campbell

The acknowledged leader in the field of UK patent law and litigation practice Comprehensively revised and updated by a team of highly experienced and knowledgeable patent practitioners Provides detailed and authoritative commentary on all aspects of UK patent law and litigation Incorporates important recent case law from the European Patent Office, UK Patent Office and the Appeal Boards New chapters dedicated to discussion and analysis of Entitlement, Supplementary Protection Certificates and the Skilled Addressee Full consideration of the implications of the changes to Part 63 of the Civil Procedure Rules and related Practice Direction
Preface v
Table of Cases
xv
Table of European Patent Office Decisions
lx
Table of Statutes
lxii
Table of Statutory Instruments
lxxiii
Table of Civil Procedure Rules
lxxviii
Table of EC and International Treaties & Conventions
lxxxi
Table of EC legislation
lxxxvi
1 Patents
1 Introduction
1(5)
2 History
6(18)
3 The Modern Law
24(19)
4 International Conventions
43(37)
5 Requirements of a Valid Patent
80
2 The Nature Of Patentable Indentions
1 Introduction
1(6)
2 Patentable Inventions under the Patents Act 1977
7(6)
3 What is an Invention?
13(4)
4 Industrial Applicability
17(21)
5 Excluded Inventions
38(45)
6 Exceptions to Patentability
83
3 The Application
1 Introduction
1(4)
2 Application for UK National Patent
5(33)
3 Application for European Patent (UK)
38(18)
4 The Patent Co-operation Treaty
56(6)
5 National Security and Public Safety
62
4 Entitlement
1 Introduction
1(1)
2 Who may apply?
2(2)
3 Who may be granted a patent?
4(16)
4 Entitlement Proceedings
20
5 The Granted Patent
1 Period of Protection
1(3)
2 Restoration of Lapsed Patents
4(8)
3 Opposition to the Grant of a European Patent
12(18)
4 Employee's Rights to Compensation
30(10)
5 False Marking
40(2)
6 Patent Office Opinions
42
6 Supplementary Protection Certificates
1 Introduction
1(21)
2 The Application for a certificate
22(13)
3 Substantive conditions for the grant of a certificate
35(30)
4 Effects of a certificate
65(7)
5 The paediatric extension of the duration of the certificate
72
7 Priority Date
1 Introduction
1(3)
2 The Basic Rule and the Right of Priority
4(6)
3 Multiple Priorities
10(3)
4 Priority Date---the Test
13(10)
5 The Position under the European Patent Convention
23
8 The "Person Skilled in the Art" and Common General Knowledge
1 The "Person Skilled in the Art"
1(23)
2 Common General Knowledge
24
9 Construction of the Specification and Claims
1 Introduction
1(11)
2 The Statutory Provisions as to Construction in the 1977 Act
12(3)
3 Purposive Construction: the Catric and Kirin-Amgen Decisions
15(13)
4 Purposive Construction in Practice
28(27)
5 The "Improver" or "Protocol" Questions
55(25)
6 Evidence relating to construction
80(16)
7 Other General Principles of Construction
96(15)
8 Particular Forms of Claim
111
10 Invalidity and the Grounds of Revocation
1 Introduction
1(5)
2 The Individual Grounds of Revocation under the 1977 Act
6(13)
3 Combining the Individual Grounds of Revocation
19
11 Invalidity Due to Lack of Novelty (Anticipation)
1 Introduction
1(4)
2 Section 2(2): The State of the Art
5(45)
3 Section 2(3): Unpublished patent applications
50(4)
4 Section 2(4): Exceptions to the State of the Art
54(2)
5 Particular forms of claim
56
12 Invalidity Due to Obviousness (Lack of Inventive Step)
1 Introduction
1(2)
2 Obviousness---General Principles
3(28)
3 Structured Approaches to Obviousness
31(12)
4 Evidence relating to Obviousness
43(19)
5 Relevant Considerations in Assessing Obviousness
62(33)
6 Particular Forms of Claim
95
13 Invalidity Due to Insufficiency
1 Introduction
1(6)
2 General Principles relating to sufficiency
7(14)
3 What degree of sufficiency is required?
21(11)
4 Other aspects of insufficiency
32
14 Patent Infringement
1 Introduction
1(6)
2 General Principles Applying to Infringement
7(18)
3 Nature of the Infringing Act
25(36)
4 Who is Liable for the Infringing Acts?
61(15)
5 Statutory Exceptions to Infringement
76(33)
6 Other Defences to Infringement
109(23)
7 Infringement under the EPC, CPC and PCT
132
15 Amendment of Specifications
1 Introduction
1(2)
2 History of the Law
3(3)
3 The 1977 Act and the EPC 2000
6(8)
4 Permissible Amendments under the 1977 Act
14(50)
A Sections 76(2) and 76(3)(a): Added matter
16(25)
B Section 76(3)(b): Extending the protection
41(2)
C Clarity, support and other matters
43(12)
D Section 117: Correction of errors
55(6)
E Section 80(3): Translations of European patent applications
61(3)
5 Discretion and Conditions under sections 27 and 75
64(16)
6 Practice
80(19)
7 Amendment after Judgment
99
16 Devolution, Assignments and Licences, Co-Ownership and Registration
1 Devolution
1(10)
2 Assignments and Licences
11(86)
3 Co-ownership
97(20)
4 Registration
117
17 Compulsory Licences and Licences of Right
1 Compulsory Licences: An Overview
1(12)
A History
1(7)
B The Modern Law
8(5)
2 Compulsory Licences under UK National Law
13(102)
A Application for a Compulsory Licence or Other Relief
13(20)
B Grounds for Relief: WTO Proprietors
33(16)
C Grounds for Relief: Non-WTO Properietors
49(35)
D Relief
84(19)
E Practice
103(10)
F The Competition Commission
113(2)
3 Compulsory Licences under EU Law
115(26)
A Introduction
115(1)
B Directive 98/44/EC (the Biotech Directive)
116(9)
C Regulation (EC) 816/2006 (the Compulsory Licensing Regulation)
125(16)
4 Licences of Right
141
A The Endorsement
141(5)
B Consequences of Endorsement
146(5)
C Settlement of Terms by Comptroller
151(20)
D Practice
171
18 Action For Infringement
1 The Tribunal
1(18)
2 Parties
19(13)
3 Claim Form
32(14)
4 Interim Injunctions
46(21)
5 Statements of Case
67(65)
6 Case Management directions
132(8)
7 Disclosure
140(28)
8 Inspection
168(5)
9 Experiments
173(6)
10 Miscellaneous Matters
179(5)
11 The Trial
184(22)
12 Appeals to the Court of Appeal
206
19 Remedies For Infringement
1 Injunction
2(24)
2 Damages and Profits
26(48)
3 Order for Delivery Up or Destruction
74(9)
4 Relief for Infringement of Partially Valid Patent
83(17)
5 Certificate of Contested Validity
100(7)
6 Costs
107(30)
7 Miscellaneous Matters
137
20 Revocation Proceedings
1 Introduction
1(7)
2 Before the High Court
8(24)
3 Before the Patents County Court
32(6)
4 Before the Comptroller
38(20)
5 Surrender of Patent
58
21 Declaration
1 Introduction
1(6)
2 Declaration of Non-Infringement under Section 71
7(19)
3 Declaration under the Court's Inherent Jurisdiction
26
A Declaration of non-infringement
26(13)
B Declaration of invalidity
39(3)
C Declaration of non-essentiality
42(4)
D Declaration of obviousness
46(3)
E Other declarations
49
22 Action to Restrain Threats
1 History
1(2)
2 Threats under the Patents Act 1977
3(22)
3 Justification
25(5)
4 Procedure
30(4)
5 The Relief
34
23 Use by The Crown. Stamp Duty, Income Tax. Etc
1 Introduction
1(2)
2 Rights of User by the Crown
3(11)
3 The Obligation to Pay Compensation
14(8)
4 Procedure in Cases of Dispute
22
APPENDICES
Appendix A Patents Act 1977
Appendix B Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (extracts)
1(1)
Appendix C The Patents Rules 2007
1
Appendix D Patents County Court (Designation and Jurisdiction) Order 1994
Appendix E European Patent Convention (extracts)
Appendix F Community Patent Convention (extracts)
1(1)
Appendix G CPR Part 63-Intellectual Property Claims
1(1)
Appendix H CPR Part 63 Practice Direction---Intellectual Property Claims
1(1)
Appendix I The Patents Court and Patents County Court Guide
1(1)
Appendix J Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (extracts)
1
Appendix K Regulation 469/2009 of the European Parliament and Council
Appendix L Regulation 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Appendix M Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
Appendix N The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 (extracts)
Index 1223