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Alternative Access
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Block 1
Essentials:
- What is a patent
- Patent procedure
- PCT and entry into national phase
- Priority
- The EU Unitary Patent
- SPCs
- Legal framework
- Scope of protection
- Patent documentation
Complementary reading:
- Brief justification of the patent system
- Early history and recent developments
- Scope of protection: UK approach
- Scope of protection: French Approach
- Scope of protection: Dutch approach
- Scope of protection: German Approach
Block 2
Essentials:
- Construction of patent specifications
- Claimant/plaintiff
- Fundamentals of infringement
- Jurisdiction and procedure
- Defences and remedies
- The effect of licences under patents
- Decisions and judgements (outcomes)
- Proceedings for invalidity
- Grounds for invalidity
- ADR
Complementary reading:- Claimant/plaintiff: Burden of proof
- Claimant/Plaintiff: Liability
- Fundamentals of infringement: Infringement of biological inventions
- Jurisdiction and procedure: UPC Agreement
Block 3
Essentials:
- Remedies and alternative measures
- National approaches to damages
- UPC Regime
- Costs
- Amendment/limitation of patents
- Voluntary surrender of patents and central revocation at the EPO
- Declarations of non-infringement and compulsory licenses
Complete documentation