A practical guide to life science companies
Subtitle: commercializing and protecting innovation
By: John R. Wetherell, editor and lead author.
Contributors: Wetherell, John R.
Series: Practising Law Institute's intellectual property law library
Publisher: Practising Law Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9781402411168
Subjects: Biotechnology -- United States -- Patents; Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation -- United States; Biotechnology industries
Genres: Patents
Notes: "19608."
Table of contents: title: Introduction to intellectual property; title: Building a foundation through technology licensing and development; title: Record keeping, employee agreements, and ip audits; title: Developing global intellectual property strategies; title: Some patent basics for bioscience companies; title: The patent application process; title: Prosecuting the patent application; title: Positioning the patent portfolio; title: Preserving the market life of approval products; title: Organizing a life sciences start-up company; title: Sale or initial public offering of a life sciences start-up company; title: Background and planning for litigation; title: Forums for resolving patent disputes; title: Proving patent infringement claims; title: Overview of patent infringement defenses; title: The anticipation defense; title: The obviousness defense and defenses under section 112, first paragraph; title: The unenforceability defense; title: Infringement defenses particular to the parties; title: Resolution of litigation; title: Compensatory damages; title: Other monetary relief; title: Nonmonetary relief; title: What is a trade secret?; title: Trade secret misappropriation; title: Patent protection versus trade secrets protection