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