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EUROPEAN NATIONAL PATENT DECISIONS REPORT
European national patent decisions report / edited by Albert Ballester Rodés..[et al.].- München : European Patent Office, 2004.- XIV,362p. ; 24 cm + 1 CD
ISBN 3-89605-067-2 (Brochado) : Oferta

DIREITO INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO, PATENTES

I - PATENTABILITY. A - Patentable inventioris. 1. Technical nature of an invention. 2. Medical methods. 3. Biotechnological inventions. B - Novelty. 1. Defining the state of the art. 2. Determining the content of the relevant prior art. C - Iriventive step. 1. Approach for the assessment of inventive step. 2. Skilled person. 3. Proof of inventive step. D. The requirement of industrial application. II - SUFFICIENCY OF DISCLOSURE. A - General issues. B. Knowledge of the skiIIed person. III - EXTENT OF PROTECTION. A - Interpretation of claims. 1. General principles. 2. Meaning of terms. 3. Product-by-process claims. B - Relevance of Art. 69 EPC — Protection of (equivalent) modified embodiments. C - Parallel infringement cases: “Clamping screw”. IV - PRIORITY. V - PERSONS ENTITLED TO A PATENT. VI - ART. 138 EPC - PATENT REVOCATION. A - General. B - Reformulation/amendments of claims during revocation proceedings. C - Objection of nullity in infringement proceedings. VII - PROCEDURAL MATTERS. A - Parties to the proceedings. B - Right to be heard. C - Law of evidence. 1. Admissibility of evidence. 2. Consultation of a technical expert. 3. Request for a technical opinion from the EPO or the national patent office. 4. File inspection. 5. Burden of proof. D. Abandonment of parts of a patent. E. Co-pending proceedings. VIII - HARMONISATION OF THE JURISPRUDENCE. IX - SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATE FOR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS.