The Inventiveness Requirement in Patent Law : An Exploration of its Foundations and Functioning.

The Inventiveness Requirement in Patent Law : An Exploration of its Foundations and Functioning.

Book

xii, 343 pages ; 25 cm

9789041167316

The Inventiveness Requirement in Patent Law provides a broad and historical perspective on the inventiveness concept in patent law. This groundbreaking work lays a very thorough conceptual basis for further and more in-depth discussions on current standards of inventiveness. Although the pivotal role of the inventiveness requirement in patent law is broadly accepted, it has long remained an ill-defined concept. The question that is often raised in current debates is whether the requirement is capable of functioning as an adequate ‘gate-keeper’. Using a methodology guided by geography and chronology, the author weaves together developments in numerous countries – focusing primarily on the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands – into a full-scale analysis of the inventiveness concept.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index

[Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands] : Wolters Kluwer, 2016.

eng