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Patent Law

A Handbook on European and German Patent Law
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 2014

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

Edition
1/2014
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
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Table of contents

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