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Introduction Part I Patents in the Life Sciences: Validity and Enforcement -- Chapter 1 Requirements for a Valid Patent 1: Novelty -- Chapter 2 Requirements for a Valid Patent 2: Inventive Step -- Chapter 3 Requirements for a Valid Patent 3: Patentable Subject Matter and Exclusions -- Chapter 4 Requirements for a Valid Patent 4: Sufficiency -- Chapter 5 Patent Infringement 1: Scope of Protection of Claims -- Chapter 6 Patent Infringement 2: Acts of Infringement -- Chapter 7 Patent Infringement 3: Defences -- Chapter 8 Patent Infringement 4: Remedies Part II Patent Ownership, Dealings and Litigation -- Chapter 9 The European Patent System and Obtaining a Patent -- Chapter 10 Rights in a Patent -- Chapter 11 Patent Dealings -- Chapter 12 Patent Proceedings in the Courts of England and Wales -- Chapter 13 Amendment and Parallel Proceedings in the EPO and the English Courts -- Chapter 14 Terminating Patent Agreements and Points of Dispute PART III Other Rights Protecting Life Sciences Subject Matter -- Chapter 15 Supplementary Protection Certificates -- Chapter 16 Data and Market Exclusivity Rights -- Chapter 17 Trade Secrets -- Chapter 18 Plants and Genetic Resources -- Chapter 19 Trade Marks, Passing Off, Designs and Copyright -- Chapter 20 Exhaustion of Rights, IP Offences and Customs Powers -- Chapter 21 Personal Data ? GDPR Rights and Obligations Coda Brexit Appendices Appendix A Patents Act 1977 Appendix B Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018 Appendix C Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 Appendix D Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products Appendix E Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use Appendix F Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan medicinal products Appendix G European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

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"Life Sciences is one of the most innovative and complex areas of law. It is currently undergoing a period of intense transformation, with companies facing an ever-increasing level of regulation as well as strict cost management in order to remain competitive and profitable. The latest in "A User's Guide to..." series it covers life sciences in relation to: - patents - copyright - trade marks; and - data protection The book covers UK law with references to significant EPO cases. A key part of the book is the coverage of case law. Case studies and detailed analysis of the key cases, eg the Kymab mouse case, the human genome sciences case, and the pregabalin case feature heavily helping to put this often complex area of law into context. Where appropriate and for comparison purposes, approaches of key foreign jurisdictions are summarised and for ease of use there are clearly signposted. A key text for practitioners specialising in life sciences and intellectual property in general and patents officers dealing with life sciences applications."-- Provided by publisher.

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