Patents and the Federal Circuit

Litigation consultant, expert witness, and special master since retiring from his law practice, Harmon updates his guide and reference for lawyers, previously published between 1988 and 2001. The Court of Appeals for the US Federal Circuit, he says, continues its work of increasing doctrinal stability in the patent field, and he incorporates recent developments by covering all Federal Circuit patent opinions reported by BNA (his publisher) through United States Patents Quarterly (Second) , volume 63, and any other important Federal Circuit decisions handed down through the end of 2002. His topics are patentability, claim construction and infringement, ownership and enforcement, remedies, the Patent Office, and the Federal Circuit. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)