The corporate insider's guide to patent practice
By: Charles R. Macedo.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195381177
Subjects: Patent laws and legislation -- United States; Patent practice -- United States; Patent infringement -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a patent?; title: Why seek patent protection?; title: What is patentable?; title: How to figure out what to patent?; title: What steps to take to protect an invention?; title: How to get a patent?; title: How to read a patent?; title: What is prior art?; title: What information to disclose to the patent   practitioner?; title: What type of claim coverage to seek?; title: How to construe a patent claim?; title: How to determine infringement of a patent   claim?; title: How to enforce a patent?; title: Where to resolve a patent dispute?; title: What is a patent worth?; title: How to avoid willful patent infringement?; title: When can a patent stop a competitor?; title: How are rights transferred?