Trevor Cook – författare

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This book offers a practical and comprehensive guide to using the European patent system. Focusing on both substantive law and procedure in the United Kingdom and Germany, it sets out an in-depth framework for both of these major jurisdictions in patent litigation. The first part of the book deals with obtaining European patents, and offers an overview of the patent system, discussion of patentability at the European Patent Office (EPO), absolute novelty and the priority system, filing a European patent application, procedural aspects of search and examination, grant and validation, and oppositions. The second part addresses enforcing and attacking European patents in national courts, including an overview of patent litigation in Europe and jurisdictional issues across the member states; this is followed by a thorough comparative survey of patent law in the two most influential jurisdictions, Germany and the UK. Finally, the book addresses the proposed Unitary Patent Court, including the balance between the central division and local or regional divisions. Combining detailed theoretical discussion with expert practical guidance, this is an essential reference source for those seeking to navigate the field of European patent law.

A User’s Guide to Patents, Fifth Edition provides guidance on the areas of European and UK patent law and procedure that are most important in day-to-day practice. This new edition sets out how patents can be obtained, exploited and enforced and addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that affect legal practitioners. It is essential reading for IP practitioners, solicitors and barristers, patent attorneys, in-house lawyers, management executives and inventors.Unique selling points:Explains how patents can be exploited and enforced by reference to the most recent UK and EPO case lawIdentifies and discusses the different patent law issues that can arise in specific industrial sectorsFull tabulation of all English patent validity and infringement decisions given after full trial since 1997Addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends in the field, both in Europe and internationallyThe following relevant developments are included:The new UK law as to infringement by equivalents following Actavis v Lilly (UKSC 2017)The degree to which new types of plant, produced by using certain modern biotechnological techniques, can be patented in the light of the exclusion for ‘products obtained by essentially biological processes’ and the ongoing controversy as to this between the EPO, the EPO Boards of Appeal and the EUThe developing case law in the UK and the EPO on plausibility in the context of insufficiency and obviousnessThe Unjustified Threats Act 2017 and other procedural developments, such as those involving Arrow type declarations of obviousnessDevelopments in standards related patent litigation, as in Unwired Planet v Huawei (Patents Court 2017, CA 2018)This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Intellectual Property and IT online service.

The law of trade secrets is one of the most important and fastest developing areas of intellectual property, but is by far the least harmonised internationally. Indeed, the protection of trade secrets was not mandated by any international treaty until the 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which nonetheless left countries with significant latitude as to how they should implement such obligations. Since the last edition the EU Trade Secrets Directive has had the effect of establishing minimum levels of protection in the Member States of the EEA, but major differences of approach still remain, and the Directive has neither achieved total harmonisation under the civil law nor had any effect on the protection of trade secrets by means of the criminal law. The wide variety of approaches to the protection of trade secrets internationally betrays the murky legal origins of such protection. Are they protected by civil actions, in the criminal courts, or both? And from the point of view of the civil courts, is their protection effected under unfair competition law, as seen in many civil law countries, or is it based instead on some implied contract, fiduciary or other equitable obligation theory, as seen in common law countries?Edited by leading IP practitioner Trevor Cook, this important title demystifies the law of trade secrets in over 30 jurisdictions, covering substantive and procedural aspects of both criminal and civil law and exploring the final remedies available under each. Designed to provide clear, comprehensive and practical guidance, this is a powerful tool for anyone requiring a broader and fuller understanding of trade secret protection globally.