Patent Law

Maximilian W. Haedicke; Henrik Timmann

doi:10.5771/9783845259024

Summary

This handbook presents a comprehensive view of substantive patent law in a European and international context. German patent law is used as an example of a mature patent law regime. The handbook covers the following subjects: Invention and protectabilityPatent holdersPatents as subject matter in legal transactionsGranting and suspension of patentsInterpretation and scope of protectionPharmaceutical, biological and chemical inventionsPatent utilisationObjectionsLegal consequences of patent infringementUtility modelsThe team of editors and authors is made up of experienced patent attorneys, lawyers, judges, and scientists.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-0301-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-5902-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: English
Pages: 1141
Product type: Comment

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 53 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Ambit, meaning, goals and means of patent law No access Pages 54 - 60 Maximilian Haedicke
2. Historic development No access Pages 60 - 65 Maximilian Haedicke
3. Relevant sources of law No access Pages 65 - 72 Maximilian Haedicke
4. Patent law and neighbouring legal fields No access Pages 72 - 81 Maximilian Haedicke
5. Patent law and competition law No access Pages 81 - 107 Maximilian Haedicke
6. Patent law and the European Single Market No access Pages 107 - 112 Maximilian Haedicke
1. The “Technical Invention” criterion No access Pages 112 - 143 Raph Nack, Joel S.H. Nägerl, Lorenz Walder-Hartmann
2. Catalogue of exclusions (Section. 1 para. 3–4 PatG resp. Art. 52 para. 2–3 EPC) No access Pages 143 - 177 Raph Nack, Joel S.H. Nägerl, Lorenz Walder-Hartmann
3. The “industrial applicability” criterion No access Pages 177 - 180 Raph Nack, Joel S.H. Nägerl, Lorenz Walder-Hartmann
4. Obstacles to protection No access Pages 180 - 182 Raph Nack, Joel S.H. Nägerl, Lorenz Walder-Hartmann
5. Differentiation from the state of the art No access Pages 182 - 260 Raph Nack, Joel S.H. Nägerl, Lorenz Walder-Hartmann
6. Realisability and sufficiency of disclosure for realisability No access Pages 260 - 294 Raph Nack, Joel S.H. Nägerl, Lorenz Walder-Hartmann
1. Inventor and inventor right No access Pages 294 - 300 Maximilian Haedicke
2. Multiple owners No access Pages 300 - 325 Maximilian Haedicke
3. Recovery of inventors’ rights (rei vindicatio) No access Pages 325 - 350 Maximilian Haedicke
1. Common foundations of patent transfer and licensing No access Pages 350 - 360 Maximilian Haedicke
2. Full transfer of patents No access Pages 360 - 364 Maximilian Haedicke
3. Licenses No access Pages 364 - 386 Maximilian Haedicke
1. The proceedings for grant No access Pages 386 - 554 Felix Landry
2. Opposition proceedings No access Pages 554 - 595 Felix Landry
3. Appeal proceedings No access Pages 595 - 622 Felix Landry
4. Nullity proceedings No access Pages 622 - 647 Felix Landry
5. Limitation and revocation proceedings No access Pages 647 - 655 Felix Landry
6. Lapse without retroactive effect No access Pages 655 - 658 Felix Landry
1. Basic outline No access Pages 658 - 671 Henrik Timmann
2. The importance of the patent specification as a source for interpretation No access Pages 671 - 693 Henrik Timmann
3. The importance of sources outside the patent specification No access Pages 693 - 700 Henrik Timmann
4. Extension of the scope of protection to equivalents No access Pages 700 - 716 Henrik Timmann
1. Introduction and development No access Pages 716 - 725 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
2. Definitions, exceptions and special cases regarding biological inventions No access Pages 725 - 733 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
3. Prerequisites for patent registration No access Pages 733 - 748 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
4. Scope of protection and types of claims No access Pages 748 - 768 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
5. Effects of the patent No access Pages 768 - 784 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
1. General No access Pages 784 - 786 Maximilian Haedicke, Henrik Timmann
2. Direct use of a patent No access Pages 786 - 806 Maximilian Haedicke, Henrik Timmann
3. Indirect use of a patent No access Pages 806 - 823 Maximilian Haedicke, Henrik Timmann
4. Liability and imputation No access Pages 823 - 840 Maximilian Haedicke, Henrik Timmann
1. Permitted acts under Section 11 PatG No access Pages 840 - 857 Johannes W. Bukow
2. Exhaustion No access Pages 857 - 871 Johannes W. Bukow
3. Prior use law according to Section 12 PatG No access Pages 871 - 887 Johannes W. Bukow
4. Defence of invalidity No access Pages 887 - 900 Johannes W. Bukow
5. Fraudulant abstraction No access Pages 900 - 904 Johannes W. Bukow
6. Objection of a compulsory licence under antitrust law No access Pages 904 - 933 Johannes W. Bukow
7. Forfeiture of rights No access Pages 933 - 940 Johannes W. Bukow
1. Creditors and debtors of claims for infringement (Kamlah) No access Pages 940 - 949 Dietrich Kamlah
2. Injunctive relief (Kamlah) No access Pages 949 - 957 Dietrich Kamlah
3. Claim for damages (Kamlah) No access Pages 957 - 974 Dietrich Kamlah
4. Claims for unjust enrichment and claims for compensation No access Pages 974 - 978 Dietrich Kamlah
5. Claims for information and accounts No access Pages 978 - 993 Dietrich Kamlah
6. Claim for recall and destruction No access Pages 993 - 998 Dietrich Kamlah
7. Statute of limitation for the claims No access Pages 998 - 1001 Dietrich Kamlah
8. Publication of a judgment No access Pages 1001 - 1004 Dietrich Kamlah
1. Current position No access Pages 1004 - 1005 Axel Verhauwen
2. The European Patent with unitary effect No access Pages 1005 - 1010 Axel Verhauwen
1. Criminal patent law No access Pages 1010 - 1020 Axel Verhauwen
2. Border seizure proceedings No access Pages 1020 - 1036 Axel Verhauwen
3. Allegation of entitlement and misleading advertising No access Pages 1036 - 1044 Axel Verhauwen
4. Claims arising from unjustified warnings of property right infringement No access Pages 1044 - 1052 Axel Verhauwen
1. General No access Pages 1052 - 1057 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
2. Protection: Subject-matter and prerequisites No access Pages 1057 - 1064 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
3. Inventor’s rights and invention ownership No access Pages 1064 - 1065 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
4. Formation and expiration of the utility model No access Pages 1065 - 1076 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
5. Content and scope of protection of the utility model No access Pages 1076 - 1079 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
6. Utility models in business transactions No access Pages 1079 - 1080 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
7. Consequences of the utility model infringement under civil law No access Pages 1080 - 1081 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
8. Consequences of the utility model infringement under criminal law No access Pages 1081 - 1086 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
9. Unjustly claiming a utility model No access Pages 1086 - 1088 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
1. General, purpose, history and legal character of the certificate No access Pages 1088 - 1099 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
2. Substantive granting prerequisites No access Pages 1099 - 1108 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
3. Calculation of term No access Pages 1108 - 1113 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
4. Subject matter and scope of protection No access Pages 1113 - 1123 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
5. Rights, limitations and obligations No access Pages 1123 - 1128 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
6. Grant procedure No access Pages 1128 - 1137 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
7. Expiry, invalidity and revocation No access Pages 1137 - 1141 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler
8. Remedies No access Pages 1141 - 1141 Marco Stief, Dirk Bühler