| Kommentar |
The lecture introduces students to patent law with a focus on the European Patent Convention and current patent litigation in Europe. Potential legal developments like the European patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent Court will be included. Among the core topics are the economic functions of patent law, patents as property rights, the concept of invention, exclusions from patentability, novelty and inventive step as patentability requirements, formal requirements, inventor and investor, patent prosecution and patent litigation. Life sciences and information technology patents will get special attention. |
| Literatur |
Pila/Torremans, European Intellectual Property Law, 2nd ed., 2019
Bently/Sherman/Gangjee/Johnson, Intellectual Property Law, 5th ed., 2018
Grubb/Thomsen/Wright/Hoxie, Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology, 6th ed., 2016
Takenaka (ed.), Research Handbook on Patent Law and Theory, 2nd ed., 2019 |
| Bemerkung |
Am Mittwoch, dem 4. Dezember 2019, fällt die Lehrveranstaltung aus und wird am Mittwoch, dem 15. Januar 2020, von 18:00 bis 20:00 Uhr in Raum BE 2, 144 nachgeholt. |
