Patent Law: A Handbook

 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:

1. Introduction

2. Inventions and their amenability to patent protection

3. Ownership

4. Patent transfer and licensing

5. Grant and rejection of patents

6. Interpretation and scope of protection of patents

7. Chemical and biological inventions

8. Use of a patent

9. Defences

10. Legal consequences of patent infringement

11. European Patent and European Patent Court

12. Other proceedings and claims in patent cases

13. The law of utility models

14. The supplementary protection certificate