Full Description
In spite of massive financial commitments to GreenTech made across the continent, Europe is currently behind when it comes to patenting green technologies. Based on first-hand experience, Christian Köster provides practical tips and strategies for drafting, filing and litigating patents in green technologies.
Key Features:
Provides step-by-step guidance on the various parts of a patent document
Addresses common challenges with practical techniques for tackling issues
Proposes ways to emphasize the green character of the invention being patented
Highlights actual and planned investments across Europe directed at cleaner and more sustainable economies
This must-have guide is an essential resource for in-house counsel, engineers and start-ups involved in developing, patenting and investing in emerging green technologies.
Contents
Contents
Preface
1 What is green? (technological areas)
2 Claims
3 Claim language
4 Novel contribution
5 Inventive contribution
6 Industrially applicable and technical contribution
7 Claim categories
8 Infringement scenarios
9 Know your ideas inside out (description)
10 Advertisement (abstract)
11 Territorial scope: Europe as a whole
12 Territorial scope: Individual member states
13 Territorial scope: non-member states
14 Filing strategies
15 GreenTech patent litigation
16 The numbers (statistics)
17 Investments and returns
18 Global resources for GreenTech patenting
19 Concluding remarks on GreenTech patenting
