Patent Law Essentials
eBook - PDF

Patent Law Essentials

A Concise Guide

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Patent Law Essentials

A Concise Guide

About this book

This essential desk reference for patent attorneys, engineers, entrepreneurs, innovators, development professionals, and students has been updated with the latest court cases and legislation. In a world in which businesses thrive on innovation, it is more important than ever to understand the sometimes arcane rules through which human ingenuity becomes intellectual property. Although many reference works on patent law exist, they are written for specialists. Through clear writing, specific examples, and focus on the fundamentals, Patent Law Essentials: A Concise Guide makes the basic rules of patent law accessible to businesspeople, engineers, students, and others who need to understand the rules of a notoriously complicated game. Patent Law Essentials begins with an overview of patent law and other aspects of intellectual property and then guides the reader through an example of an actual patent—one literally claiming "a better mousetrap." The chapters that follow discuss the types of inventions that can be patented (recently a subject of much dispute), the process of applying for a patent, the requirements of a valid patent, and the procedures for determining if a patent has been infringed upon. The appendix includes several examples of actual U.S. patents, including the mousetrap patent discussed in detail in the early chapters.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781440859885
eBook ISBN
9781440859892
Edition
5
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1: Overview
  9. 2: Patents Distinguished from Other Rights
  10. 3: Reading a Patent
  11. 4: Patentable Subject Matter
  12. 5: Patent Prosecution
  13. 6: Ownership and Other Rights
  14. 7: Interpreting Patent Claims
  15. 8: Conditions of Patentability
  16. 9: Enforceability Defenses
  17. 10: Infringement
  18. 11: Patent Litigation
  19. 12: Special Topics
  20. Note on Sources
  21. Appendix A: Sample Utility Patents
  22. Appendix B: Sample Design Patents
  23. Index
  24. About the Author