A User's Guide to Patents - Softcover

Trevor Cook

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184592276X ISBN 13: 9781845922764

Publisher: Tottel Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Part of the popular "User's Guide" series, this unique and accessible book focuses on the areas of patent law and procedure which prove to have the most practical importance in day-to-day practice. The expert analysis takes in the wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that will affect legal practitioners. Fully updated to include the latest developments, this new second edition covers the Patents Act 2004, key procedural developments such as the 'Streamlined Procedure', technology transfer block exemption, plus vital developments in case law, including the House of Lords decision in Kirin Amgen v TKT. It will be of great use to in-house lawyers, solicitors and barristers, as well as professionals interested in patents, including patent agents, and top level management executives.

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Review

The author provides a useful handbook for the non-legal reader as well as the professionals, who want to read up on patent law in the daily practice... this work is a very practical and easy to follow guide to patent law. --German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce

One of the best discussions of the topic that I have ever read... It is not just a guide for those that use patents, but also for those that study, carry out research on, and practice in patents. --CIPA Journal

A User's Guide to Patents gives an excellent background on this area of intellectual property... an excellent resource for legal students as well as practitioners. --The Law Journal

A User's Guide to Patents is an impressive text which provides both an aide-memoire for experiences practitioners and an accessible and engaging guide for less experienced practitioners, patent agents and members of the public... If you are interested in patents, or practice in this area of law, you should seriously consider adding A User's Guide to Patents to your library. --Student Law Journal

A User's Guide to Patents gives an excellent background on this area of intellectual property... an excellent resource for legal students as well as practitioners. --The Law Journal

A particular merit of this book is that there are dedicated chapters dealing with patents in specific areas of technology.
--The Commonwealth Lawyer

This book is one of the most reader-friendly sources of patent knowledge available...[It] achieves its aim and provides a user's guide that many will find very helpful. --European Intellectual Property Review

A User's Guide to Patents gives an excellent background on this area of intellectual property... an excellent resource for legal students as well as practitioners. --The Law Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Tottel Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184592276X
• ISBN 13: 9781845922764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 832