TY - BOOK ID - 4796644 TI - Patent Law for Computer Scientists AU - Closa, Daniel AU - Gardiner, Alex AU - Giemsa, Falk AU - Machek, Jörg AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2010 SN - 9783642050787 9783642050770 3642050778 3642426298 3642050786 9786612836206 128283620X PB - Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Computer Science. KW - Legal Aspects of Computing. KW - Commercial Law. KW - Law and Economics. KW - Computers and Society. KW - Computer science. KW - Computers KW - Commercial law. KW - Informatique KW - Ordinateurs KW - Droit commercial KW - Law and legislation. KW - Droit KW - Computer science KW - Law and legislation KW - Computers_xLaw and legislation. KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Computer software KW - Computer programs KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Computer Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Patents KW - Patent laws and legislation. KW - Law, Patent KW - Scientific property KW - Computers and civilization. KW - Computers. KW - Law and economics. KW - Industrial laws and legislation KW - Industrial property KW - Trade regulation KW - Copyright KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Economics and jurisprudence KW - Economics and law KW - Jurisprudence and economics KW - Economics KW - Jurisprudence KW - Business KW - Business law KW - Commerce KW - Law, Commercial KW - Mercantile law KW - Law KW - Law merchant KW - Maritime law KW - Cyberspace KW - Civilization and computers KW - Civilization KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic brains KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Machine theory KW - Calculators KW - Computers - Law and legislation KW - Computers - Law and legislation - Japan KW - Computers - Law and legislation - United States KW - Computers - Law and legislation - Europe KW - Computer science - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4796644 AB - Patent laws are different in many countries, and inventors are sometimes at a loss to understand which basic requirements should be satisfied if an invention is to be granted a patent. This is particularly true for inventions implemented on a computer. While roughly a third of all applications (and granted patents) relate, in one way or another, to a computer, applications where the innovation mainly resides in software or in a business method are treated differently by the major patent offices in the US (USPTO), Japan (JPO) and Europe (EPO). The authors start with a thorough introduction to patent laws and practices, and to related intellectual property rights, also explaining the procedures at the USPTO, JPO and EPO, and, in particular, the peculiarities in the treatment of applications centring on software or computers. Based on this theoretical description they then present, in a very structured way, a comprehensive set of case studies from differing areas including business methods, databases, graphical user interfaces and digital rights management. Each set starts with a short description and claim for the "invention", explains a patent examiner’s likely arguments, then eventually refines step by step to avoid basic reservations against the content. All of these case studies are based on real-world examples, and will thus give an inexperienced developer a strong sense of the level of technical detail and description that should be provided. Together, Closa, Gardiner, Giemsa and Machek have more than 70 years experience in the patent business. With their academic backgrounds in physics, electronics engineering and computer science, they know both the legal and the technological subtleties of computer-based inventions. With this book, they provide a guide to a patent examiner’s way of thinking in a clear and systematic manner, helping to prepare the first steps towards a successful patent application. ER -