Advanced Patent Law
About This Course
Examine patent legislation and regulations
Distinguish the qualifying criteria for patentability
Analyse the scope of protection for patents
Examine potential patent infringement activities
Evaluate defences against allegations of patent infringement
Assess remedies awarded if patent infringement is proven
Analyse conditions which will result in patent invalidity.
Examine the law and practice governing patentable inventions
Employ the provisions of the Singapore Patents Act
Analyse patent-related international instruments and how they impact on patents in Singapore
Demonstrate compliance with international instruments
Evaluate the requirements for the registrability of patents
Appraise validity, interpretation of specifications; infringement; amendment or correction; compulsory licences; convention applications and exhaustion of rights