In our technological society patent law plays a central role as an incentive
for the development and marketing of new technologies in many fields of
business. The number of patent applications continues to grow considerably
every year. International and European conventions and other instruments have
been implemented in order to simplify the application for and enforcement of
patents and which also govern the scope of protection afforded by a patent in
Europe. Others are being planned.
This second edition of Concise European Patent Law aims to offer the
reader a rapid understanding of all the provisions of patent law in force in
Europe that have been enacted at the European and international levels. This
volume takes the form of an article-by-article commentary on the European
Patent Convention and the relevant European Community legislation and
international treaties. It is intended to provide the reader with a short and
straightforward explanation of the principles of law to be drawn from each
provision, with references to the most important case law. Editors and authors
are prominent specialists (both academics and practitioners) in the field of
international and European patent law.
Concise European Patent Law, second edition is one of a series of
volumes of commentary on European Intellectual property legislation edited by
Thomas Dreier, Charles Gielen and Richard Hacon, based on the respected German
and Dutch series ‘Kurzkommentar and Tekst en Commentaar.’
About the editors, Introduction, European Patent Convention (EPC),
Implementing Regulations to European Patent Convention, Protocol on
centralisation, Protocol on recognition, Protocol on privileges and
immunities, Regulation 1768/92 – Creation of a supplementary protection
certificate for medicinal products, Regulation 1610/96 – Creation of a
supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, Directive
98/44/EC–Biotech Directive, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Patent Law Treaty
(PLT), List of references, Index