Global Issues: Global Issues in Patent Law

by Adelman, Martin J.; Ghosh, Shubha; Landers, Amy; Takenaka, Toshiko

• ISBN13: 9780314195173
• ISBN10: 0314195173
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-16
• Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Summary

Global Issues in Patent Law provides an approachable and engaging entry point for students of patent law and intellectual property to the world of international patents. Beginning with a discussion of current international intellectual property institutions and ending with a study of contemporary border enforcement issues, the book takes the user through the major treaties and a comparative discussion of the critical areas of patent law and practice. Topics covered include: patentable subject matter, prior art, inventive step, enablement and disclosure, infringement, remedies, and competition policy. The approach of the book and its materials would complement intellectual property law courses at the basic, intermediate, and advanced levels as well as serve as the focal casebook for a stand alone course on international patent law.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Treaty Regimes	p. 3
Overview	p. 3
Paris Convention	p. 5
Same Invention	p. 6
The Patent Cooperation Treaty	p. 10
Stevens v. Tamai	p. 12
The TRIPS Agreement	p. 16
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights	p. 16
WTO Ministerial Declaration Adopted on 14 November 2001	p. 22
Canada-Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical Products	p. 27
Section 55.2(2) (The Stockpiling Exception)	p. 29
Section 55.2(1) (The Regulatory Review Exception)	p. 31
Patentable Subject Matter	p. 39
Patentable Subject Matter Under TRIPS	p. 39
Chemicals and Biotechnological Subject Matter	p. 40
Novartis AG v. Union of India	p. 43
The Conflict Over Gene Patenting	p. 48
Software	p. 52
Duns Licensing Associates/Estimating Sales Activity (T154/04)	p. 53
Computer program exclusion/G 3/08	p. 59
Patentability Exclusion: Objections on Moral Grounds	p. 67
Stanford/Modified Animal	p. 69
Patentability Exclusion: Diagnostic and Surgical Methods	p. 73
Industrial Applicability	p. 76
Definitions of Industry and Applicability	p. 76
Eli Lilly & Co. v. Human Genome Sciences Inc.	p. 78
Priority, Novelty and Inventive Step	p. 91
Priority and Novelty	p. 91
First-To-File v. First-To-Invent	p. 91
Inventorship and Ownership	p. 94
Priority and Novelty-Continued Latchways	p. 95
Anticipation and Inherency	p. 97
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. H.N. Norton & Co. Ltd.	p. 97
Synthon B.V. v. Smithkline Beecham Plc	p. 109
Inventive Step	p. 122
Problem Solution Approach	p. 122
BASF/Metal Refining	p. 123
Actavis UK Limited v. Novartis AG	p. 126
Secondary Considerations	p. 144
T 1212/01	p. 144
Disclosure Requirements	p. 152
Enablement	p. 152
In re Bayer Schering Pharma A.G.	p. 153
Generics Limited v. H. Lundbech A/S	p. 160
Written Description Requirement	p. 171
In re Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma	p. 172
Infringement	p. 182
Litigation Procedure	p. 182
Extent of Patent Protection	p. 183
Europe	p. 183
Kirin Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd.	p. 183
Cutting Blade I (Schneidmesser I)	p. 199
Asia	p. 207
Tsubakimoto Seiko Co. Ltd. v. THK K.K.	p. 208
Indirect Infringement	p. 215
Impeller Flow Meter (Flügelradzähler)	p. 215
Exceptions to Infringement	p. 227
Corevalve Inc. v. Edwards Lifesciences A.G.	p. 228
Repair Versus Reconstruction	p. 231
Canon K.K. v. Recycle Assist K.K.	p. 231
Remedies	p. 236
Injunctions	p. 236
Compulsory Licenses	p. 237
TRIPS, Doha and Compulsory Licenses	p. 241
Decision of the General Council, Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement, Annex to the Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement (Article 31bis)	p. 241
Case Study: Doha and Canada's Access to Medicines Regime	p. 246
Compulsory Licenses at the National Level	p. 247
Germany: Patents-compulsory Licence: Polyferon	p. 248
Preliminary Injunctions	p. 254
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. CIPLA Ltd.	p. 254
Monetary Relief	p. 259
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. v. Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd.	p. 260
Patents & Competition Law and Policy	p. 265
United States Antitrust Law	p. 265
Misuse and Patent-Antitrust	p. 266
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc	p. 269
Limited Licenses and Patent Exhaustion	p. 270
Quanta Computer, Inc. v. L.G. Electronics, Inc.	p. 271
In re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation	p. 278
European Union Competition Law	p. 285
Abuse of Dominant Position	p. 286
Judgement of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition)	p. 286
Merck v. Primecrown	p. 297
Patents and Industry Standard	p. 303
Orange Book Standard	p. 303
Comparative Licensing Practice	p. 307
Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property	p. 308
Commission Regulation (EC) No 772/2004 of 27 April 2004 on the Application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to Categories of Technology Transfer Agreements	p. 312
Patents and Territorial Borders	p. 319
Foreign Jurisdiction and Territoriality	p. 319
Roche Nederland BV v. Primus	p. 320
Gesellschaft fur Antriebstechnik mbH & Co. KG v. Lamellen und Kuplungsbau Beteiligungs KG (GAT v. LuK)	p. 324
A Look Ahead: A Unified European Patent System?	p. 330
Conclusions on an Enhanced Patent System in Europe	p. 331
Patent Enforcement at the Border: Agencies and IP Enforcement	p. 334
Sosecal v. Sisvel	p. 335
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