TY  - GEN
T1  - Patent law and policy :cases and materials /
AU  - Merges, Robert P.,
CN  - KF3113
N1  - Price : US$; Supplier : ADCO International; Revd 27/06/94; Summary Table of Contents : 1. Introduction : A. Historical overview of patent law; B. Patent drafting exercises; C. Overview of the patent system; 2. Patentable subject matter : A. Introduction to the patent code; B. Software and mathematical algorithms; C. Methods of doing business; D. Living subject matter; 3. Utility : A. Introduction; B. General utility; C. Specific utility; D. Beneficial utility; 4. Novelty and statutory bars : A. Introduction; B. Section 102(a) : the novelty requirement; C. Patents and printed publications under sections 102(a) and 102(b); D. Section 102(a) : KNOWN OR USED; E. Section 102(b) : The statutory bars; F. Section 102(c) : Abandonment; G. Section 102(d) : Prior foreign filing; H. Section 102(e) : Disclosures in earlier-filed applications; I. Section 102(f) : Derivation from another; J. Priority; K. International priority; L. Rule 131 : quasi-interferences between a patent and prior art; M. Foreign priority and prior art effective dates; 5. Nonobviousness : A. The basic GRAHAM inquiry; B. The objective or secondary factors; C. The SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE PRIOR ART; D. Nonobviousness in chemical cases; E. Comparative note : taking an INVENTIVE STEP overseas; 6. Disclosure and enablement : A. Introduction; B. Enablement; C. The written description requirement; D. Definite claims; E. The best mode requirement; 7. Miscellaneous invalidity issues : A. Inequitable conduct; B. Double patenting; 8. Infringement : A. Interpreting the claim; B. The doctrine of equivalents; C. The reverse doctrine of equivalents; D. Indirect infringement; E. Infringement and foreign activity; F. The experimental use EXCEPTION to infringement; 9. Remedies : A. Injunctive relief; B. Damages; C. Lost profits; D. Willful infringement and attorney fees; E. Patent marking : statutory notice; 10. Reissue and reexamination : A. Conditions for reissue; B. Intervening rights; C. Reexamination; 11. Patent transactions : rules and restrictions : A. Antitrust and patent misuse; B. Assignment and ownership; 12. Trade secrets and federal preemption : A. Trade secrets; B. Federal preemption of state law;.
N1  - Statutory appendix (188 p.) issued as pocket part.
ID  - 20409
KW  - Patent laws and legislation
KW  - Patents
KW  - Patent infringement
KW  - PATENTS : CASE LAW
KW  - PATENT LAW : POLICY
KW  - OUVRAGES GENERAUX : DIVERS
SN  - 0874739861
TI  - Patent law and policy :cases and materials /
ER  -