Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences

A Global Guide to Rights and their Applications: Second Edition

By (author) Paul England

Publication date:

01 October 2015

Length of book:

553 pages

Publisher

Globe Law and Business

Dimensions:

240x160mm
6x10"

ISBN-13: 9781909416697

Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences: A Global Guide to Rights and Their Applications, 2nd Ed provides crucial guidance on all major IP issues affecting the life sciences sector. It uniquely satisfies two practical needs: a global reach that reflects the worldwide markets within which the life sciences industry now operates and a sector-based approach addressing the issues that those in the business face. Brought fully up to date by world-leading specialists in the field, it provides an overview of the key international and European IP legislation, complementing the book’s central theme of monopoly protection. In addition, the book now features coverage from 20 jurisdictions of the most important and topical life sciences issues on which intellectual property has an impact. Subjects explored within the national chapters include small molecules, secondary patents, DNA and biologicals, patent infringement and enforcement, compulsory licensing, branding and designs, counterfeiting and know-how protection, and patenting and supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) in personalised medicine. New to the second edition are three standalone chapters providing enhanced coverage on the EU Trade Secrets Directive, SPCs and latest developments concerning the Unitary Patent Court. This new guide is essential reading for lawyers, in-house counsel and other professionals advising firms in the life sciences industry.

Foreword 5 David Rosenberg GSK Introduction 9 Paul England Taylor Wessing Part I An introduction to international intellectual property instruments relevant to life sciences 19 Nick Bassil Kilburn & Strode An introduction to European intellectual property rights 37 Scott Parker Adrian Smith Simmons & Simmons LLP An introduction to European regulatory rights 69 Sarah Bailey Andrew Hutchinson Marjan Noor Ann-Catherine Perroy Alexandre Regniault Simmons & Simmons LLP Supplementary Protection Certificates 97 Paul England Matthew Royle Taylor Wessing Life sciences patent litigation in the UPC 117 Paul England Taylor Wessing The proposed Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information 133 Paul England Mark Owen Taylor Wessing Part II Australia 141 Wayne Condon Griffith Hack Lawyers Belgium 167 Eric De Gryse Simont Braun Canada 185 Greg Beach Lindsay Neidrauer Peter Wilcox Marian Wolanski Belmore Neidrauer LLP China 209 Lewis Ho Dechert LLP Denmark 233 Kasper Frahm Sture Rygaard Plesner France 253 Alice Berendes Catherine Muyl Foley Hoag Chantal Noël Béatrice Orès Cabinet Orès Germany 271 Ortrun Günzel Anja Lunze Taylor Wessing India 287 Pravin Anand Neeti Wilson Anand & Anand Israel 319 Liad Whatstein Liad Whatstein & Co Italy 339 Gualtiero Dragotti Roberto Valenti DLA Piper Japan 359 Mami Hino Abe, Ikubo & Katayama Netherlands 373 Bas Berghuis van Woortman Mattie de Koning Simmons & Simmons LLP Russia 397 Alexander Christophoroff Julianna Tabastajewa Vladislav Ugryumov Yulia Yarnykh Gowlings South Korea 411 H Joon Chung Angela Kim Jeanne Jin-Hee Lim Soon-Bok Lee Mee Sung Shim Kim & Chang Spain 427 Isabel Carulla Montserrat López-Bellosta Miquel Montañá Clifford Chance Switzerland 455 Esther Baumgartner Christoph Berchtold Simon Holzer Kilian Schärli Meyerlustenberger Lachenal United Kingdom 477 Paul England Amanda Rowell Taylor Wessing United States 509 Katherine A Helm Noah M Leibowitz Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP About the authors 537

The book should therefore prove to be interesting reading and even a bookshelf staple for anyone with an interest in intellectual property in the life sciences.