Full Description
Patentees routinely file applications in multiple countries across the globe. Yet, drafting and prosecuting global patent portfolios can be challenging, particularly as local patent laws vary significantly with respect to what disclosure in a patent application is necessary to support and enable the claimed invention.
Practitioners must understand these differences in sufficiency of disclosure requirements, not just across different countries, but also across different areas of technology. With the high costs necessary to file and prosecute a patent in each country, practitioners and patentees alike will appreciate this in-depth guide to assist in understanding which types of applications and claims have a better chance at success across multiple jurisdictions. This volume includes 16 country/jurisdiction-specific chapters including: Australia, Canada, China, the EPO and the UPC, Japan, the United States and countries in South America. These chapters include:
background information and a high-level summary of sufficiency of disclosure requirements and issues for each country or jurisdiction;
easy-to-follow flowcharts and figures to enable the reader to understand pertinent issues quickly;
discussion of timely case law and strategies for handling; and
up-and-coming sufficiency of disclosure topics.
Designed for patent practitioners who deal with software, electrical, biological, pharmaceutical, mechanical or chemical patent work, this book is an essential reference to anyone seeking international patent protection.
Contents
Introduction
Paul Browning
Chris Johns
Sara Leiman
Melanie Magdun
Finnegan LLP
Argentina
Martin Bensadon
Ignacio Sánchez Echagüe
María Laura Etcheverry
Eugenio Hoss
Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal
Australia
Richard Baddeley
Grant Shoebridge
Dr Mary Turonek
Wrays
Brazil
Carlos Alberto de Lara Campos Filho
Pedro Henrique Borges de Figueiredo
Frank Fischer
Karin Yumi Furuya
Yan Matheus de Azevedo
Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira
Canada
Michael Sgro
David Schwartz
Smart & Biggar LP
Chile
Sebastián Alvarado
Felipe Cortez
Andrés Gruevalt
Fernando Zambrano
Silva
China
Sebastián Alvarado
Felipe Cortez
Andrés Gruevalt
Fernando Zambrano
Advance China IP Law Office
India
Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer
Zeev Pearl
Pearl Cohen
Japan
Naohisa Akashi
Tsuyoshi Miura
Seiwa Patent & Law
Sufficiency at the EPO
Marcus Matuschek
Yelena Morozova
Maeve O'Flynn
Hannah Whitmore
Finnegan LLP
Sufficiency in the UK
Nessa Khandaker
Varuni Paranavitane
Hannah Whitmore
Finnegan LLP
Sufficiency in Germany
Robert Baumann
Marcus Matuschek
Finnegan LLP
Sufficiency at the UPC
Robert Bauman
Marcus Matuschek
Yelena Morozova
Maeve O'Flynn
Finnegan LLP
South Korea
Jee Hyung HONG
Raymis H. KIM
Dong Hyoung LEE
Si Yul LEE
Kim & Chang
Taiwan
Grest Chen
Olivia Hsu
Tony Jam
Amanda Liu
Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Group
United States
Paul Browning
Chris Johns
Sara Leiman
Melanie Magdun
Finnegan LLP
