Patent Law

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A volume which looks at the complex law of patents in its domestic, European and international context. Features include: requirements for patentability; acquisition of patents (including filing under the European Patent Convention, Patent Co-operation Treaty and Community Patent Convention); maintenance of patents; termination of the patent; property rights in patents; infringement and defences; remedies for infringement (including assessment of damages); compulsory licensing; Crown use

European law (with particular reference to parallel imports, block and individual exemptions, ""comfort letters"", abuse of dominant position); legal proceedings; and offences.