Cahoy (business law, Pennsylvania State U.) and Oswald (business law, U. of Michigan) compile nine chapters that explain recent changes in US patent law and its impact on domestic and global
businesses, for business leaders, policy makers, and students in business and management studies, innovation studies, and business law. Business and business law specialists from the US and
Canada address changes in terms of the forces that impact patent policy, namely the formation of interest coalitions to effect intellectual policy revision and the Patent and Trademark Office;
modifications to the patent application process related to inventor determination and inequitable conduct, and the impact of expansive boundaries of patentable subject matter on professions;
issues and reform related to patent oppositions and litigation, including joint infringement, information containment, and post-grant, administrative review of patents; and rights regimes that
supplement protection in industries where patents are less effective, in the context of the Food and Drug Administration approval pathway for follow-on protein products or biosimilars.
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