Kluwer IP Law
Pharmaceutical Sector Focus
Kluwer IP Law is a partner to Intellectual Property Law professionals in the Pharma Sector worldwide. We support your peers through rich insights presented via a wide range of sources such as those described below
The Brown Book: our flagship publication and key resource for IP professionals to locate fee data; Its exhaustive contents include:
- Separate chapters, in alphabetical order, for nearly 200 countries and several regional industrial property protection systems
- Full text of the most important conventions, treaties and agreements (including the Paris Convention, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Madrid Agreement)
- A section on the European Patent System, describing the European Patent Convention and its implementing regulations
Extract following information, inter alia, on Patents, Trademarks and Designs, for Pharma Specialists:
- Annuities and Fees from several jurisdictions in one overview
- Kinds of Patents available
- Duration of protection
- Second Use
- What may be patented
- Treatment of the human body
- Requirements for filing application
- Rights of prior use
- Infringement
- Assignment
Comparison of jurisdictions in relation to Patent Protection for Second Medical Uses
AIPPI Series, authored by Jochen Buchling
This text explains the key jurisdictional (19) differences and challenges in protecting and enforcing second medical use (SMU) claims, where each chapter considers such issues and topics as the following:
- Availability of protection,
- Validity of claims
- Scope of protection,
- Enforcement, and
- Infringement and investigations of SMU claims
This publication provides a detailed country-by-country analysis by focusing on specific issues and national peculiarities that deviate from the European Patent Office (EPO) practice
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