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