CIPA Guide to the Patents Acts

The CIPA Guide to the Patents Acts brings together the expertise of over 30 highly respected professionals including patent attorneys, solicitors and members of the Bar, all individually selected for their expert knowledge.

Decisions of fundamental significance have issued since publication of the 9th Edition and are covered in the Fourth Supplement.

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PATENTS ACT 1977

• Arrangement of sections
• Amendments to Patents Act 1977 

• Titles of Rules with cross-references to text locations

• Arrangement of sections in Parts V and VI
• Sections 274–295 with Commentary

• A: History of United Kingdom Patent Law
• B: Supplementary Protection Certificates
• C: The Biotechnology Directive
• D: The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
• E: Civil Procedure Rules (Extracts)
• F: Part 63 of the Civil Procedure Rules
• G: Patents Court Guide and Patents County Court Guide
• H: Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Qualification and Registration Regulations 2009
• I: Rules for Examination and Admission of Individuals 2011
• J: Rules of Conduct for Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and Other Regulated Persons
• K: Special Rules of Professional Conduct Applicable to Regulated Persons Conducting Litigation or Exercising a Right of Audience Before the Court
• Foreword – Professor Sir Robin Jacob
• Guest Foreword – Chief Judge Randall Rader

• Arrangement of sections
• Amendments to Patents Act 1977

• Titles of Rules with cross-references to text locations

• Arrangement of sections in Parts V and VI
• Sections 274–295 with Commentary

• A: History of United Kingdom Patent Law
• B: Supplementary Protection Certificates
• C: The Biotechnology Directive
• D: The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
• E: Civil Procedure Rules (Extracts)
• F: Part 63 of the Civil Procedure Rules
• G: Patents Court Guide and Patents County Court Guide
• H: Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney Qualification and Registration Regulations 2009
• I: Rules for Examination and Admission of Individuals 2011
• J: Rules of Conduct for Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and Other Regulated Persons
• K: Special Rules of Professional Conduct Applicable to Regulated Persons Conducting Litigation or Exercising a Right of Audience Before the Court

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