A lean yet comprehensive casebook on the law of patents that features helpful introductory text, technologically-accessible cases, detailed comments, comparative and policy perspectives, and statutes
- Incorporates the America Invents Act, the most sweeping changes to the patent statute since 1952
- The move from a first-to-invent priority system to a first-inventor-to-file system
- Significant changes to 35 U.S.C. section 102
- Post-grant review of patent applications
- Inter-partes review of patents.
- Important new Supreme Court and Federal Circuit cases, including Myriad Genetics, Prometheus Labs, Global Tech, Akamai, Bowman, Actavis, and Therasense
- Updated Comments and Comparative and Policy Perspectives
- New and updated PowerPoint slides and website
