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:
- Introduction
- Invention and their amenability to patent protection
- Ownership
- Patent transfer and licensing
- Grant and rejection of patents
- Interpretation and scope of protection of patents
- Chemical and biological inventions
- Use of a patent Defences
- Legal consequences of patent infringement
- European Patent and European Patent Court
- Other proceedings and claims in patent cases
- The law of utility models
- The supplementary protection certificate
This handbook is edited by Dr Maximilian Haedicke, Professor of IP law at the University of Freiburg and judge at the Düsseldorf Regional Court of Appeal;
Dr Henrik Timmann is patent litigator in Düsseldorf.
The authors are patent attorneys, patent litigators, and judges with a deep knowledge in patent law in Germany, Europe and worldwide.
'In light of the recent establishment of a Unified Patent Court, this handbook gains momentum and serves as a detailed and reliable tool for the anticipated rennaissance of Patent Law.'
Apostolos Anthimos, in: Armenopoulos, 2014, 10
