Patent strategy for researchers and research managers

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Knight, H. Jackson
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2013.
• Έκδοση: Third ed.
• Θέματα: Patent laws and legislation > United States > Popular works.; LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.; Patent laws and legislation.; Patent.; Patentdokumentation.; Patentfähigkeit.; Patentrecht.; United States.; USA.; Electronic books.; Popular works.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Basic Intellectual Property Concepts
• 1.1. Introduction
• 1.2. Basic Patent Law Concepts
• 1.3. Patent Office Operations
• 1.4. Requirements for Obtaining a Patent
• 1.5. Types of Patents
• 1.6. Parts of a Patent
• 1.7. The Term of a Patent
• 1.8. Provisional Protection
• 1.9. Definitions of Commonly Used Terms
• 1.10. International Treaties
• 1.11. The Paris Convention
• 1.12. The Patent Cooperation Treaty
• 1.13. The European Patent Convention
• 1.14. The African Intellectual Property Organization
• 1.15. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
• 1.16. Eurasian Patent Convention
• 1.17. Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets
• 1.18. Other Resources
• 2. The Value of Patents
• 2.1. Exclusivity
• The Desired Goal
• 2.2. The Mechanics of Achieving Exclusivity in a Technology Area
• 2.3. Traps and Misconceptions
• What Patents Can't Do
• 2.4. The Informational Value of Patents
• 2.5. Assigning Value to Patents
• 2.6. Licensing of Patents
• 3. Developing a Strategy
• 3.1. Professional Help
• 3.2. Determining Whether or Not an Invention is Patentable
• 3.3. Defining Strategy
• 3.4. The Principles Behind the Strategy
• The Military Model
• 3.5. Developing a Patent Strategy Model
• 3.6. Developing a Patent Strategy for an Invention
• 3.7. Developing a Patent Strategy for a Series of Inventions
• 3.8. Developing a Strategy for an Existing Product
• 3.9. Developing a Strategy for Licensing Patents
• 3.10. Developing a Strategy for Handling a Potentially Adverse Patent
• 3.11. Developing a Strategy for Oddball Inventions
• 3.12. Dealing with Inventors When Patent Applications are Not Filed
• 3.13. Coordination of Other Strategies and Patent Strategy
• 4. Researching with Intellectual Property in Mind
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Characteristics of Prolific Inventors
• 4.3. Characteristics of Casual Inventors
• 4.4. The Inventive Process
• 4.5. Fostering Inventive Activity
• 4.6. Suggestions on How to Conduct Research for Stronger Patents
• 5. Infringement and Freedom to Operate
• 5.1. Types of Infringement
• 5.2. Avoiding Patent Infringement
• 5.3. Dealing with Infringers
• 5.4. Research Disclosures and Journal Articles
• 5.5. Published Patent Applications and Provisional Patent Coverage
• 6. Working with Attorneys, Agents, and Patent Liaisons
• 6.1. Introduction
• 6.2. Preparing for the Legal World
• 6.3. Actions to Take before Meeting with the Agent
• 6.4. Typical Working Arrangements with Agents
• 6.5. The Researcher's Responsibility for Technical Details
• 6.6. Aloofness
• 6.7. Experimentation for the Patent Application
• 6.8. Patent Liaisons and Other Intellectual Property Professionals
• 7. Disclosure and Filing Decisions
• 7.1. Introduction
• 7.2. Controlling the Disclosure of Technology
• 7.3. The Filing Decision
• 7.4. Filing Globally
• 7.5.Compulsory Licensing
• 7.6. The Cost of Broadly Filed Patent Applications
• 7.7. The Legal Systems of Individual Countries
• 7.8. Techniques for Determining Which Countries will be of Value
• 7.9. World Growth and Economic Power
• 7.10. Templates
• 7.11. Timing of Application Filings
• 7.12. Global Experts
• 7.13. Agreement with Strategy
• 8. After the Filing
• 8.1. Introduction
• 8.2. Anticipating the First Response from a Patent office
• 8.3. Modification of Claims
• 8.4. Research After the Filing
• 8.5. Maintaining Cohesion
• 8.6. Issuance and Maintenance of Patents
• 9. The Future of Intellectual Property Efforts.