Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks Throughout the World

Without question, the Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks Throughout the World is the most comprehensive, authoritative reference for the international industrial property practice. Its exhaustive contents include:

- guides to application systems for patents, trademarks and designs in the different regions and countries (over 200) over the world
- overview of national legislation (no texts)
- the full text of the most important convention, treatises, and agreements (including the Paris Convention, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Madrid Agreement)
- a section on the European Patent System, describing the European Patent Convention and its implementing regulations.

Straightforward analysis is given for:

Patents:

Kinds of Patents available. Duration of protection. Who may apply. What may be patented. Novelty requirements. Filing, examination and granting procedure. Requirements for filing application. Priority. Annuities and other fees. Working requirements. Compulsory licenses. Rights of prior use. Restoration. Infringement.
Assignment. Licenses. Marking.
Trademarks:

Duration of protection. Legal effect. Who may apply. What can be registered as a mark.
What is excluded from registration. Filing, examination and registration procedure.
Requirements for registration. Requirements for renewal. Assignment. Licenses.
Infringement. Fees. Service marks. Collective marks. Certification marks. Marking. Use requirements. Protection of well-known marks. Cancellation. Invalidation. Classification.
Designs:

What can be protected. Duration and renewal. Who may apply. Novelty requirements.
Procedure. Requirements for filing application. Annuities (if any).