Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-90-78310-01-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
The book The Annotated European Patent Convention is published in English only. It is available in paperback form. Each year a new, updated edition of the book is published. A new edition is updated till the end of a year and is published in the first quarter of the following year. An effort is made to despatch pending orders before the end of January.
The Annotated European Patent Convention gives the complete text of the European Patent Convention and its implementing regulations. The notes provide a commentary on the text of the law and explain the interpretation of each paragraph.
The book is intended as a reference book. It provides a quick grasp of the essentials of the law both for the practitioner and the trainee. The detail in the notes reflects the detail required to answer questions posed in the European Qualifying Examinations of the last few years.
Cross-references in the notes to articles and rules aim at giving an insight into the structure of the Convention. Numerous references to case law and the Guidelines allow the user to consult the source of the information contained in the notes and give a quick access to important case law.
The book also contains a chapter on PCT, which gives an overview of the PCT procedure as in force on 01.01.2006, including the relations with the EPC. The closing sections of the Annotated EPC consist of summaries of articles and rules of various law texts, intended for obtaining a quick grasp of essential elements of the law.
