Part of the popular User's Guide series, this unique and accessible book focuses on the areas of patent law and procedure which prove to have the most practical importance in day-to-day practice. The expert analysis takes in the wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that will affect legal practitioners. Fully updated to include the latest developments, this new third edition will be of great use to in-house lawyers, solicitors and barristers, as well as professionals interested in patents, including patent agents, and...

A User's Guide to Data Protection explains all the compliance issues that organizations need to be aware of in order to successfully comply with the UK's data protection rules and regulations. The book includes coverage of: sources of data protection law * a brief history of data protection * definitions and principles * EU data protection * UK data protection * organizational data protection obligations, inward facing: employees * organizational data protection obligations, outward facing: customers, prospects, and users * user rights * enforcement and penalties * security of data *...