Table of Contents:
Part 1: The Law of Patents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Patent ability
Chapter 3. Exclusions from Patent ability
Chapter 4. Construction of Patents
Chapter 5. Priority
Chapter 6. Infringement
Part 2: Transactions, Licensing, Crown Use and Entitlement
Chapter 7. Entitlement to the Patent and Employee Compensation
Chapter 8. Ownership of , and Transactions in, Patents
Chapter 9. Licences of Right, Compulsory Licences and Crown Use
Part 3: Prosecution of Patent Applications
Chapter 10. Prosecution Before the Intellectual Property Office
Chapter 11. Prosecution Before the European Patent Office
Chapter 12. Prosecution Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Chapter 13. Claim Drafting
Part 4: Procedure, Hearing and Arbitration
Chapter 14. Infringement and Revocation Proceedings , Declarations of Non-Infringement
Chapter 15. Hearings and Oral Proceedings Before the Patent Offices
Chapter 16. Jurisdiction of the English Courts and Enforcement of Judgements
Chapter 17. Arbitration of Patent Disputes
Part 5: Miscellaneous
Chapter 18. Patents and the Law of Competition
Chapter 19. Border Controls
Chapter 20. Supplementary Protection Certificates
Chapter 21. Unjustified threats of Infringement
Appendices
Appendix A to C
Appendix 1 to 9
Index