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General Patent Treatises
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Chisum on Patents: a treatise on the law of patentability, validity, and infringement by Donald S. ChisumThis multi-volume work is the most-cited patent law treatise. It includes analysis of all issues pertaining to patent law, including doctrines, rules and case law relating to patentability, validity and infringement. It also covers patent application, appeal, denial and litigation. Chisum on Patents includes analysis of the America Invents Act of 2011 and provides cross-references to related sections/chapters within the treaty.
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Getting the Deal Through: PatentsBloomberg Law offers a guide to patent litigation and patent office procedures across the world, produced by local specialists. Topics include types of enforcement proceedings, trial format and timing, standing to sue, standards of proof, inducement/contributory infringement, idiscovery, litigation timetable and costs, appeals, alternative dispute resolution, absolute novelty, obviousness or inventiveness, patent unenforceability, voluntary and compulsory licensing, patenting timetable and costs, patent office appeals and opposition and patent duration and modification.
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Moy's Walker on Patents, 4th ed. by R. Carl MoyMoy's Walker on Patents, 4th offers a comprehensive and analytical treatment of the history of patent law, the patent system's organization and process, patentability issues, and statutory law and case law on other patent law issues. It also examines patent law in light of property law, social policies, and linguistic theory, provides cases and statutes, explains underlying ideas and proposes resolutions to unresolved issues in the field.
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Patent Law Fundamentals by John Gladstone MillsFind guidance on how to research any patent issue and formulate strategies, prepare a patent application with an emphasis on claim drafting, prosecute an application before the Patent and Trademark Office, understand interference proceedings in the PTO, and identify the differences in patent law between the U.S. and other countries.
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