Full Description
Patentees file applications in more and more countries every year, with nearly four million PCT applications filed since the Patent Cooperation Treaty came into force in 1978. Yet prosecuting patents in different countries can be challenging. Each country has its own laws for pursuing patent applications and achieving enforceable patents, and local patent law varies widely on the issue of patent eligibility.
This title explores patent-eligible subject matter across major jurisdictions and technologies. With succinct discussions of case law, patent office practices, and practical prosecution strategies, this guide is intended to help patent practitioners determine where to consider filing applications, the risks and benefits of certain claim types and language, and how to increase the strength of their clients' global patent portfolios.
The varying case law and eligibility issues relating to electrical, computer, biological, pharmaceutical and chemical arts in a variety of jurisdictions will be covered, as well as relevant statistics and key topics such as the impact of new technology in this field.
Written by experts in their respective jurisdictions, countries featured in this title include:
China;
the European Patent Office, including separate sections on France, Germany, and the United Kingdom;
India;
Japan; and
the United States.
Knowing the prior art and having definite claim language is not always enough to obtain strong patent claims. It is therefore crucial to understand the differences in patent eligibility in different countries. With the costs necessary to file and prosecute a patent in each country, practitioners and patentees alike will appreciate this book to assist in understanding which types of applications have the best chance of success.
Contents
Introduction 5
Paul W Browning
Christopher C Johns
Sara A Leiman
Finnegan LLP
Australia 11
Steve Gledhill
Madeleine Kelly
FB Rice
Canada 25
Graeme Boocock
Natasha Gulati
Beverley Moore
Jason Mueller-Neuhaus
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
China 41
Chong He
Ping Luo
Cheng Wang
Wenwen Wang
Hui Yuan
Advance China IP Law Office
European Patent Office 69
Victoria Barker
Nicholas Fox
Yelena Morozova
Maeve O'Flynn
Finnegan Europe LLP
France 107
Anne Buchet
Gaëtan Lassere
Vincent Pons
Laurent & Charras
Germany 129
Thomas Becher
Hoffmann Eitle Dusseldorf
Markus Georg Müller
Andreas Stefferl
Hoffmann Eitle Munich
India 147
Himanshu Chawla
Durgesh Mukharya
K&S Partners
Israel 175
Uri Fruchtman
Ephraim Heiliczer
Pearl Cohen
Japan 183
Tsuyoshi Miura
Masaru Nakajima
Seiwa Patent & Law
South Korea 207
Hankil D Kang
Kijoong Kang
Kil-chae Park
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Taiwan 221
Roger Chang
Ivy Chin
Joyce Liou
Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law
United Kingdom 227
Victoria Barker
Harrison Chang
Luigi Distefano
Nicholas Fox
Finnegan Europe LLP
United States 251
Paul W Browning
Christopher C Johns
Sara A Leiman
Finnegan LLP
About the authors 293
