Not So Obvious: An Introduction to Patent Law and Strategy

by Jeffrey Schox

The first edition of this book was written by Jeffrey Schox for his course "Patent Law and Strategy for Innovators and Entrepreneurs" at Stanford University. After an introduction to intellectual property, it explores the patent system, the requirements for a patent, infringement, and inventorship and ownership issues. The second edition included the America Invents Act ("AIA"), which transformed the U.S. patent system from a "first-to-invent" system to a "first-inventor-to-file" system. The third edition added a glossary and general edits. The fourth edition includes five additional cases: KSR (Supreme Court 2007), Stanford v. Roche (Supreme Court 2011), Prometheus (Supreme Court 2012), Nautilus (Supreme Court 2014), and Limelight (Fed. Cir. 2015).

Genres: Nonfiction, Law

193 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 3, 2011

Reviews

[Sarah Nick]

A thrill a minute!

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was really exceptional book. Law is meant to be boring? Jeffrey makes it interesting. If you are considering reading this just look up Jeffrey on youtube, he has a few talks on patent law that reflect his ability to summarize high-level patent law. Will read again!

[Kundan Sarraf · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book gives knowledge of patenting and it's related aspects in very detail, and with real cases. This bool remains in my collection for reference in future.