Harmon on patents
Subtitle: black-letter law and commentary
By: Robert L. Harmon.
Publisher: Bureau of National Affairs; BNA Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1013
ISBN-13: 9781570186950
Subjects: Patent laws and legislation -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The policies that shape the law of patents; title: Congressional implementation of constitutional authority; title: Patent claims and their construction; title: Direct infringement : literal infringement; title: Direct infringement : infringement by equivalents; title: Indirect infringement : inducement and contribution; title: Injunctive relief; title: Exclusion orders : U.S. International Trade Commission; title: Damages, interest, and costs; title: Reasonable and entire compensation : the court of federal claims; title: Increased damages and attorney fees; title: Eligibility : what subject matter is appropriate for patenting?; title: Adequacy of the claims; title: Adequacy of the specification; title: Novelty : the concept of anticipation by prior art; title: Events and information that qualify as prior art or statutory bars; title: Obviousness : the concept of obviousness in view of prior art; title: Utility and operability; title: Designs and plants; title: Ex parte patent prosecution; title: Conflicting claims to priority : interferences; title: Reissue, reexamination, and other corrective procedures; title: Acquisition of patent rights; title: Government immunity; title: Jurisdictional considerations at the trial court level; title: Motions, discovery, and pretrial matters; title: Trial and judgment; title: Preclusion by judgment or by estoppel; title: Defenses to a patent infringement suit; title: Unenforceability as a defense : inequitable conduct.