Swiss Intellectual Property and Competition Law. Volume IV: Patent Law and Know-how including Genetic Engineering, Software and Plant Variety Right Protection

Published: 10 May 2006

  • PEOPLE

    Thierry Calame
    Managing Partner, Co-Head of Intellectual Property

  • Expertise

    Intellectual Property

  • Details

    Number of pages
    1048 pages
    Publisher
    Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag
    Language
    German
    Price
    CHF 348.00
    ISBN number
    978-3-7190-2163-4

Thanks to its comprehensive treatment and systematic explanations of all Swiss intellectual property and competition laws, this book series has quickly become a valuable reference tool for the practitioner. Volume 4 (out of 11) covers patent law, including statutory subject matter and patentability requirements, inventor ship and ownership, obtaining the patent grant, the rights and limitations of the patent grant, infringement (claim interpretation and doctrine of equivalents), biotechnological and computer-implemented inventions, supplementary protection certificates, and patent information. Two separate chapters are dedicated to the protection of plant varieties and know-how, respectively.

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