The Modern Law of Patents

This new title is the essential resource for patent lawyers and patent attorneys. Written by expert authors and professional editors, including the most eminent IP solicitor in England (Cook), Head of the Patents County Court (Fysh QC) and leading IP academic (Spence) 'The Modern Law of Patents' offers a fresh, top-level approach to patent law. The text includes: Conception, initial protection, prosecution, expression, validity, transmission, exploitation and infringement Law of patents in other jurisdictions Detailed coverage of the law of patents as they relate to computers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnological inventions and aspects of the laws of competition Guidance in relation to the law of patents from a prosecution and procedural aspect Commentary upon the overall global and European patent position, its future and development.