Patent Law
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Description
With the great increase in the cost of technology development, the rapidity of technical progress, the emphasis on global markets and the ever increasing joining of companies from different countries, protection of intellectual property on a worldwide basis is of critical importance. This course will provide inventors, and those who manage inventors and their inventions, with a working knowledge of the national and international procedures for the protection of intellectual property by patents. This course will focus on the main areas of differences between European, United States and Japanese patent systems. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the extent and limits of protection afforded by the national patent laws, the U.S. re-examination procedure, the ways in which inventors can assist in obtaining patent protection, and the use of patents as a company asset. The relationship between patents and trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks will also be discussed. Instruction will include an explanation of problem areas in obtaining and maintaining patent rights and correcting common misconceptions about patent systems. Recent changes in the U.S. Tariff Act and its impact upon excluding importation into the U.S. will be discussed.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, established in 1982 for all appeals involving patents, has had a profound effect on the ability of the U.S. patent system to protect inventions. Patents are strong and "have teeth" enforced by U.S. courts. Therefore, those aspects of infringement that are of special interest to business managers, technical managers, inventors, experts, and witnesses will be discussed.