Experimental use and patents / David Gilat.

xi, 141 pages ; 24 cm.

3527286608
9783527286607 acid-free paper

G 22 GIL.E

This text is part of a series that examines industrial property and copyright law. This volume presents a study of the uses of experiments in patent applications.

Recd 29/05/95; Contents : 1. Introduction : 1. General; 2. The distinction between research-oriented experiments and market-oriented experiments : the source of confusion; 2. Application of the experimental use exemption : 1. General outline; 2. Guidelines for applying the experimental use doctrine; 3. Biotechnological inventions : 1. The merger between commercial and experimental production; 2. Biotechnology : a rapidly evolving technology; 3. Commercialization of basic research; 4. Extensive protection afforded to biotechnological inventions; 5. Conclusion; 4. Supply of infringing materials and means to experimenters, and professional assistance in conducting experiments; 5. Experimental use/Fair use comparison : 1. The general concept of fair use; 2. Reverse engineering of computer programs;.
Iic Studies. Studies in Industrial Property and Copyright Law, V.16.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index.

IIC studies, studies in industrial property and copyright law ; v. 16.

Munich : Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, c1995.

English