Evaluate patent cases worldwide with this detailed reference on patent litigation laws and practice in 33 countries, Hong Kong, and the European Union.
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International Patent Litigation: A Country-by-Country Analysis offers information practitioners need to accurately anticipate problems and evaluate issues they confront when conducting or directing patent litigation in a foreign country. Written by international experts in patent litigation, the loose-leaf volume contains sections for each country that examine key topics such as the rights of the patentee, activities that constitute infringement, ways in which claims are interpreted, courts that have jurisdiction, notices that must be served to the infringer, pretrial procedures, types of remedies, types of defenses, and appeals. Each section addresses infringement, doctrines, remedies, parties, interpretations, appeals, pleadings, enforcement, settlements, proceedings, proof, conflicts, pretrial/trial procedure, and defenses.
Supplement Information
The 2011 Supplement to International Patent Litigation expands the coverage of this treatise, offering new and updated information on countries, such as:
- Finland and South Africa, where courts’ receptivity toward the grant interlocutory injunctions in patent infringement cases is changing
- Hong Kong, and the new requirement that parties file detailed answers to questions on case management topics, such as attempts for settlement, numbers of witnesses, the use of experts, pre-trial and trial scheduling, and others, according to a strict timetable
- Sweden, for which new statistics are provided on the overall number of infringement and revocation proceedings and the number of cases that proceed to trial
- Israel, and the revisions to the patent law regarding patent term extensions for pharmaceutical products and changes to compulsory license practices in the wake of the TRIPS Agreement
- Pakistan, for which statistics are provided highlighting the changes in the use of patent opposition proceedings by generic drug companies and specific procedures for criminal and civil enforcement of patents are detailed
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1998/Looseleaf with Supplements/ISBN 9781570189838/Order #1983
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2011/Looseleaf/ISBN 9781570189821/Order #1982
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Michael N. Meller and William O. Hennessey
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Michael N. Meller and William O. Hennessey