Subjects:

Intellectual Property Law, Looseleaf Works

Contents:

Information is given, inter alia, with respect to the following:

Patents:

Kinds of Patents available

Duration of protection

Who may apply

What may be patented

Novelty requirements

Filing, examination and granting procedure

Requirements for filing application

Priority

Annuities and other fees

Working requirements

Compulsory licenses

Rights of prior use

Restoration

Infringement

Assignment

Licenses

Marking

Trademarks:

Duration of protection

Legal effect

Who may apply

What can be registered as a mark

What is excluded from registration

Filing, examination and registration procedure

Requirements for registration

Requirements for renewal

Assignment

Licenses

Infringement

Fees

Service marks

Collective marks

Certification marks

Marking

Use requirements

Protection of well-known marks

Cancellation

Invalidation

Classification

Designs:

What can be protected

Duration and renewal

Who may apply

Novelty requirements

Procedure

Requirements for filing application

Annuities (if any)

Without question, the Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks throughout the World is the most comprehensive, authoritative reference for the international industrial property practice. It consists of 8 volumes. Its exhaustive contents include:-

• Separate chapters, in alphabetical order, for nearly 200 countries and several regional industrial property protection systems.
• The full text of the most important convention, treatises, 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.

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