The unique resource provides expert insights and how-to guidance on drafting patent claims around the world – even in unfamiliar territory.

-  includes a chapter on Germany by Dr. Hans Wegner,
German and European Patent Attorney, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG

The book helps to answer key questions such as:

• What is the proper procedure for obtaining a software patent?
• How to enforce software patents?
• How is the country’s patent interpreted by local courts?

Cross jurisdictional insights provided in the book include

• Strategies on selecting countries/regions in which to file
• How to draft a software patent so that it will be accepted at the patent examination
• How to draft a software patent so that it will be a enforceable in key jurisdictions

Each chapter of Software Patents Worldwide follows the same outline, making it easy to find information and compare jurisdictions:

• Introduction to the country’s/region’s court system and patent system
• Overview of the software industry in the country/region
• Legal basis according to current patent act
• How the patent office interprets the patent act:

            Patent examination guidelines in general
            Specific guidelines for software patents (if any)
            Specific guidelines for business method patents (if any)

• Specific examples of various fields of technology that demonstrate the scope of protection afforded to software patents in the country/region.
• Infringement and enforcement including

            How software patent litigation is conducted
            How damages are asserted and enforced
            How injunctions are awarded and enforced

Gregory A. Stobbs practices intellectual property law and specialises in computer law, computer hardware, software patents and litigation at Harness, Dickey & Pierce in Detroit.

He is the author of two treatises on U.S. patent law, Software patents and Business Method Patents