Chisum on Patents is recognized as the authority on U.S. patent law, being frequently cited by courts in all jurisdictions, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Thorough coverage of the substantive law—principles, doctrines, rules, and cases—gives you the convenience of one-stop research.

This publication:

• Analyzes the substantive law of patents in the U.S.: patentability, validity, infringement, application procedure, and perfecting rights to an invention
• Examines all significant precedents, case law, statutes and international treaties, with discussions of individual cases
• Includes the text of patent statutes, PTO rules, CAFC rules, legislative history, table of cases, bibliography, and index
• Provides abstracts of all published decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a topically arranged outline along with a chronological case table

Chisum on Patents is written by Donald S. Chisum, who was Professor of Law at the University of Washington (1969 to 1996) and Santa Clara University (1997 to 2006). Chisum received his A.B. degree in 1966 and his law degree in 1968, both from Stanford University.