Patents

A quick-reference summary of patent litigation and patent office procedures across the world, produced by local specialists: types of enforcement proceedings, trial format and timing, standing to sue, standards of proof, inducement/contributory infringement, infringement by foreign activities and by equivalents, discovery, litigation timetable and costs, appeals, alternative dispute resolution, absolute novelty, obviousness or inventiveness, patent unenforceability, voluntary and compulsory licensing, patenting timetable and costs and patent office appeals and opposition and patent duration and modification. The list of entries are organized orthographically.

The following is a list of entries related to this topic (in practice and theory), specially in regard to international and comparative law. The entries below offer descriptions and cross-references of this topic of countries around the world.

Intellectual Property

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Summary of Intellectual Property Intellectual Property is, according withWilliam J. Miller, a general term covering industrial property such as patents, trademarks, and trade names, as well as literary and artistic property, including copyrights. Consideration of the meaning of the word […]

International Intellectual Property Protection

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The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on IPR Protection This section provides an overview of the impact of preferential trade agreements on ipr protection within the legal context of Intellectual Property Protection in international economic law, with coverage of The Protection of […]

Right to Intellectual Property

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In relation to the right to intellectual property and constitutional law, ES Nwauche[1] made the following observation: The right to intellectual property is the protection offered by national, regional and international legal orders to intellectual property as a human right. Even though […]

Intellectual Property Rights

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Introduction Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection is one of the most important and current legal issues in the international trade arena. As international trade and investment increases around the world, copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets need to be subjects of a […]

Intellectual Property Policy

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Intellectual Property Law and Policy Contents of Intellectual Property Law and Policy Contents of this subject matter include: (Copyright Law – introduction, subsistence and exclusive rights; Copyright law – balancing the interests, dealing with copyright) Patents and Biotechnology […]

Intellectual Property Competition

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Intellectual Property Competition How do Patent and Copyright Protection restrict Competitors Both patent and copyright protection, though particularly the former, … Read more

United International Bureaux for the Protection of Industrial, Literary, and Artistic Property and for the Protection of Intellectual Property

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Embracing mainstream international law, this section on united international bureaux for the protection of industrial, literary, and artistic property and for the protection of intellectual property explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further […]

All-elements Rule

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Description of All-elements Rule In this reference work, all-elements rule is a sort of the Patents category. Resources See Also All-Steps Rule, Inherency Doctrine Patents Patents

Trade Secret

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Trade Secret and International Trade Economy In relation to international trade economy, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Trade Secret: A form of industrial property (Sec. I). Refers to a non-patented process, mechanism, or formula, known only to its owner, that […]

Intellectual Property Law

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Intellectual property law deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs, and artistic works. For example, a book may be considered an intellectual property, and its author may have the rightful ownership over it. In a nutshell, intellectual property law […]

World Intellectual Property Organization

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Summary of World Intellectual Property Organization A specialized agency of the United Nations charged with fostering international agreements to protect rights to intellectual property, with the object of facilitating international technology transfer. WIPO serves as the nucleus for new […]

Rules Relating to Intellectual Property

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This section provides an overview of rules relating to intellectual property within the legal context of Impact of Domestic Regulation on Trade in Goods, Services and on Investment in international economic law, with coverage of Domestic Regulation (Behind the Borders) (Main Regulatory Areas).

Intellectual Property Obligations

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Toward Ceilings and Graduation of IP obligations This section provides an overview of toward ceilings and graduation of ip obligations within the legal context of Intellectual Property Protection in international economic law, with coverage of The Protection of Property (Main Regulatory Areas).

Patents

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Introduction This part of the Encyclopedia of Law provides an overview of the basic attributes of patents, along with the patentability requirements, practice in the USPTO, primarily the steps involved in obtaining a patent, some post-issuance considerations such as the patent term, and the […]

Unitary Intellectual Property Rights and Private International Law

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This section contain conflict of laws information and cross references related to unitary intellectual property rights and private international law on some major countries and additional jurisdictions. It covers key issues involved when citizens face international situations. Information on […]

Intellectual Property Institutions

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Intellectual Property Institutions in International Economic Law In international economic law, intellectual property institutions includes the following legal areas, with coverage in this world legal encyclopedia: li>World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The European Patent […]

Internet Intellectual Property

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Misappropriation in Cyberlaw Misappropriation of Trade Secrets in Cyberspace Employer Rights in Cyberlaw Employer Rights in the Creation and Protection of Internet-Related Intellectual Property Publicity Rights in Cyberlaw Privacy and Publicity Rights of Celebrities and Others in Cyberspace […]

Principles of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

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Goals, Principles and Minimum Standards of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) This section provides an overview of goals, principles and minimum standards of protection of intellectual property rights (iprs) within the legal context of Intellectual Property Protection in […]

Patent Systems

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Patent Systems Contents of Patent Systems Contents of this subject matter include:The American Patent System – types of applications, publication of applications, the nominated person, claiming priority, American interactions with PCT system The American Patent System – examination of […]

Advisory Action

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Description of Advisory Action In this reference work, advisory action is a sort of the Patents category. Description of Advisory Action In this reference work, advisory action is a sort of the Patents category. Resources See Also Patents Resources See Also Advisory Office Action Under Office […]

Parallel Importation in Intellectual Property

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Exhaustion of Rights and Parallel Importation in Intellectual Property This section provides an overview of exhaustion of rights and parallel importation in intellectual property within the legal context of Market Access (Quantitative Restrictions in Goods and Services) in international […]