How Long to Read A User's Guide to Patents

How Long Does it Take to Read A User's Guide to Patents?

It takes the average reader 15 hours and 59 minutes to read A User's Guide to Patents by Trevor Cook

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A User's Guide to Patents, Fifth Edition provides guidance on the areas of European and UK patent law and procedure that are most important in day-to-day practice. This new edition sets out how patents can be obtained, exploited and enforced and addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that affect legal practitioners. It is essential reading for IP practitioners, solicitors and barristers, patent attorneys, in-house lawyers, management executives and inventors. Unique selling points: Explains how patents can be exploited and enforced by reference to the most recent UK and EPO case law Identifies and discusses the different patent law issues that can arise in specific industrial sectors Full tabulation of all English patent validity and infringement decisions given after full trial since 1997 Addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends in the field, both in Europe and internationally The following relevant developments are included: The new UK law as to infringement by equivalents following Actavis v Lilly (UKSC 2017) The degree to which new types of plant, produced by using certain modern biotechnological techniques, can be patented in the light of the exclusion for 'products obtained by essentially biological processes' and the ongoing controversy as to this between the EPO, the EPO Boards of Appeal and the EU The developing case law in the UK and the EPO on plausibility in the context of insufficiency and obviousness The Unjustified Threats Act 2017 and other procedural developments, such as those involving Arrow type declarations of obviousness Developments in standards related patent litigation, as in Unwired Planet v Huawei (Patents Court 2017, CA 2018)

How long is A User's Guide to Patents?

A User's Guide to Patents by Trevor Cook is 944 pages long, and a total of 239,776 words.

This makes it 319% the length of the average book. It also has 293% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A User's Guide to Patents Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 50 minutes to read A User's Guide to Patents aloud.

What Reading Level is A User's Guide to Patents?

A User's Guide to Patents is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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Where Can I Buy A User's Guide to Patents?

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