Patent Law and Policy

Patents Law and Policy is an indispensable resource for anyone dealing with patent law.

This comprehensive resource includes discussion of the rationales for patent law, patentability criteria, the scope of patent rights, as well as considering Maori and patent issues, international trade issues, and topics such as gene patents.

Contents include: The Rationales and Justifications for Patent Law; Maori and Patents; Patents Across Borders; Subject Matter and Exclusion; Patentability Criteria; Selection Patents and Patents of Addition; The Process and Nature of the Grant; Infringement and Remedies; Opposition and Revocation; Pharmaceuticals and Patents; Business Method Patents; Gene Patents.

Susy Frankel is a Professor of Law at Victoria University of Wellington. Her areas of expertise include international and domestic intellectual property law and international trade law. Susy is Chair of the Copyright Tribunal, and is the President- Elect of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research of Intellectual Property.

Jessica Lai is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lucerne. She studied law and chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington. In 2015, she is a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Law, Munich.