Fundamentals of Patent Law: Interpretation and Scope of Protection

Shortlisted for the 2008 Young Authors Inner Temple Book Prize

This new book provides a comprehensive overview of the topic of patent claim interpretation in the UK and in three other select jurisdictions. It explores territory that has great commercial significance and yet is severely under—explored in existing works. The twin issues of the function of patent law and interpretational analysis of the scope of protection have been recently reconsidered by the House of Lords, and this work not...