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EPC-Guide for Practitioners
Our partners Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Christian W. Appelt, were the main authors of this reference work, first published in Japanese (2002, ISBN 4-7693-7109-8) and aimed at patent professionals working in industry or in an advisory capacity. It explains the main types of procedure at the European Patent Office and contains numerous practical tips. In particular, recent case law is taken into account as well as the process of registering software and business methods. Further information on the Japanese edition can be found at http://www.kcp-net.jp. The EPC-Guide was released in Chinese in the summer of 2003 in Taipei (ISBN 957-8639-92-9) following substantial editing and adaptation for the demands of the Taiwanese readership with the help of Prof. Kung-Chung Liu, Taipei and Prof. Wei Zhi, Taipei. An Arabic edition was released in September 2003, translated and edited by attorney, Ruba Qalyoubi, Amman, Jordan, currently doctorate scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Industrial Property in Munich and Dr. Mohammed Saleem, Consultant for IP-Pharma in Amman, Jordan. A further Chinese edition, tailored to the needs of the readership in the People’s Republic of China, with the help of attorney Charles Wang, Shanghai, was released under the title, “The European Patent Convention Guide“ (ISBN 7-5062-6144-8).
Praxishandbuch Geistiges Eigentum im Internet, C.H. Beck 2003, ISBN 3-406-49668-7). (Handbook of intellectual property on the internet) This handbook, co-released by our partner Dr. Christian Czychowski, was published in September 2003 by the publishing house, C.H. Beck. This work (1000 pages) covers all areas of intellectual property and the particular problems which arise in relation to the internet in practice. Our partner, Dr. Thomas L. Bittner, wrote the chapter, § 9 Patentschutz für softwarebezogene Erfindungen (Patent protection for software based inventions).
Our partners, Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Christian W. Appelt, published "Chapter Germany" in "International Patent Law" (published by Aspatore, Inc., ISBN 1-58762-382-x).
Our partner Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar wrote, together with Alan Gordon "Recent Changes in Patenting Procedures and Protection - Developments in the European (EPC) and U.S. Patent System", in "Licensing Best Practices", John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
