Chisum, Nard, Schwartz, Newman and Kieff's Principles of Patent Law, 3D (University Casebook Series)

by Craig Allen Nard and Donald S. Chisum

Book Overview

Principles of Patent Law makes patent law accessible to students of all backgrounds, from English Literature, History, or Political Science to Biology, Chemistry, or Electronics. The most distinctive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587787342
• ISBN13: 9781587787348
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: West Publishing Company
• Length: 1393 Pages
• Weight: 5.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I was going to give it five stars...

First a disclaimer: I haven't read the whole book; I'm just skipping around. That said, I was going to give it five stars, but then I see a section discussing CPA (continuing prosecution applications under 2002 law) which is completely out of date. While in many other respects this books seems quite current, I was disappointed to see that not all sections have been updated.

Authoritative yet accessible

Excellent historical overview and sidebar essays add an additional perspective to the topic. Most, but not all, of the case-specific discussions are well-written. Chapters on Section 102 (Novelty) and 103 (Obviousness) are sufficiently detailed to tease apart the complexity of these concepts.

Fun and interesting

This textbook is actually readable; it's fun, yet it provides all the details you could possibly want.