Maximilian Haedicke, Henrik Timmann

Patent Law

A Handbook on European and German Patent Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an in-depth examination of the European patent law regime. Aimed at practising lawyers it provides a one-stop reference for everything that they need to understand the rapidly developing European law on this subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 1000
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 161mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1513g
• ISBN-13: 9781849464925
• ISBN-10: 1849464928
• Artikelnr.: 39076511

Autorenporträt

Maximilian Haedicke is Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Freiburg. Henrik Timmann is a patent litigator in Düsseldorf.

Inhaltsangabe

§ 1. Introduction A. Ambit, meaning, goals and means of patent law B.
Historic development C. Relevant sources of law D. Patent law and
neighbouring legal fields E. Patent law and competition law F. Patent law
and the European Single Market § 2. Inventions and their amenability to
patent protection A. The "Technical Invention" criterion B. Catalogue of
exclusions (Section. 1 para. 3-4 PatG resp. Art. 52 para. 2-3 EPC) C. The
"industrial applicability" criterion D. Obstacles to protection E.
Differentiation from the state of the art F. Realisability and sufficiency
of disclosure for realisability § 3. Ownership A. Inventor and inventor
right B. Multiple owners C. Recovery of inventors' rights (rei vindicatio)
§ 4. Patent transfer and licensing A. Common foundations of patent transfer
and licensing B. Full transfer of patents C. Licenses § 5. Grant and
rejection of patents A. The proceedings for grant B. Opposition proceedings
C. Appeal proceedings D. Nullity proceedings E. Limitation and revocation
proceedings F. Lapse without retroactive effect § 6. Interpretation and
scope of protection of patents A. Basic outline B. The importance of the
patent specification as a source for interpretation C. The importance of
sources outside the patent specification D. Extension of the scope of
protection to equivalents § 7. Chemical and biological inventions A.
Introduction and development B. Definitions, exceptions and special cases
regarding biological inventions C. Prerequisites for patent registration D.
Scope of protection and types of claims E. Effects of the patent § 8. Use
of a patent A. General B. Direct use of a patent C. Indirect use of a
patent D. Liability and imputation § 9. Defences A. Permitted acts under
Section 11 PatG B. Exhaustion C. Prior use law according to Section 12 PatG
D. Defence of invalidity E. Fraudulant abstraction F. Objection of a
compulsory licence under antitrust law G. Forfeiture of rights § 10. Legal
consequences of patent infringement A. Creditors and debtors of claims for
infringement B. Injunctive relief C. Claim for damages D. Claims for unjust
enrichment and claims for compensation E. Claims for information and
accounts F. Claim for recall and destruction G. Statute of limitation for
the claims H. Publication of a judgment § 11. European Patent and European
Patent Court I. Current position II. The European Patent with unitary
effect § 12. Other proceedings and claims in patent cases A. Criminal
patent law B. Border seizure proceedings C. Allegation of entitlement and
misleading advertising D. Claims arising from unjustified warnings of
property right infringement § 13. The law of utility models A. General B.
Protection: Subject-matter and prerequisites C. Inventor's rights and
invention ownership D. Formation and expiration of the utility model E.
Content and scope of protection of the utility model F. Utility models in
business transactions G. Consequences of the utility model infringement
under civil law H. Consequences of the utility model infringement under
criminal law I. Utility model infringement action I. Pre-trial measures:
Gathering evidence and warning J. Unjustly claiming a utility model § 14.
The supplementary protection certificate A. General, purpose, history and
legal character of the certificate B. Substantive granting prerequisites C.
Calculation of term D. Subject matter and scope of protection E. Rights,
limitations and obligations F. Grant procedure G. Expiry, invalidity and
revocation H. Remedies