Every Legal Detail You Need To Fully Understand, Secure And Protect A Patent Claim.

Exceeds All The Criteria For A Valuable Patent Reference.
Covers all aspects of patent law and related issues. Thorough coverage of the substantive law - principles, doctrines, rules, and cases - gives you the convenience of one-stop research, written by the leading expert on patent law.

Abstracts Of All Federal Circuit Decisions.
Abstracts of all published decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are provided in a topically arranged outline along with a chronological case table.

Time-tested Authority.

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 Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chisum on Patents is written by noted professor of intellectual property law Donald S. Chisum. A member of the California and Washington Bars, Mr. Chisum is on the faculty of the Santa Clara University School of Law.

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
• Discusses the effect of GATT on U.S. patent practice
• Includes the text of patent statutes, PTO rules, CAFC rules, legislative history, table of cases, bibliography, and index
• The Federal Circuit Guide contains a topically arranged outline providing abstracts of all published decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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