This new title is your comprehensive guide to understanding intellectual property law and rights protection within the life sciences. Written by a leading team of experts at Bird & Bird LLP, it draws together all the relevant aspects of intellectual property law that you are likely to encounter from research to development. It takes a particularly detailed look at patents and specific obtaining, validity and infringement issues as well as other rights such as trade marks, copyright, designs, and database right. For understanding the complex intellectual property laws that govern this industry, Life Sciences and Intellectual Property: Law and Practice provides clear and authoritative answers in an accessible single volume.

Life Sciences and Intellectual Property: Law and Practice draws together all the relevant aspects of intellectual property law to clarify the protection of such rights in the life sciences. It provides targeted advice addressing industry-specific issues and has comprehensive coverage of relevant intellectual property rights within the life sciences: patents, designs, copyright, database right, confidential information, and trade secrets. Finally, it gives an overview of the European regulatory regime and its role in clinical trials, research and development, and data and market exclusivity.