Irish & EU IP Law for the Layman (me)

mathepac

This is probably a big ask but is there such a thing as a "Patent Law for Dummies" type book? I'm the dummy BTW.

I want to be able to frame a patent application, search for other patents by status and if possible, progress applications personally and then take them through licensing to industrialisation.

I have no wish to be a patent agent or apprentice attorney but I want to be able to calibrate the progress of my inventions.

I have two / three ideas that look likely to be starters, if not ultimately runners, and no money to spend on expensive hired help at the start.

One idea in particular already has a very detailed Specification which refers to new technologies (which also contain IP and will be subject to patent applications in their own right) needed to manufacture a product (or more correctly a range of products). I believe the product and the technologies advance the state of the art in their respective fields (novelty) and have not been patented before.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Tom Young

Such books exist.

Farcear

Irish Patent Office website has useful info: http://www.patentsoffice.ie/en/patents.aspx

mathepac

Tom Young wrote: »

Such books exist.

Excellent. Thank you and will you please post in this thread the names / authors of these books so I can either buy or borrow them?

Farcear wrote: »

Irish Patent Office website has useful info: http://www.patentsoffice.ie/en/patents.aspx

Thanks I have that but I wanted something to keep in the back pocket to refer to / learn from as I progress (low-tech, write notes, highlight passages, stick insightful Post-its all over it, etc.

Pat Mustard

Here is a book on Intellectual Property law in Ireland. It's quite recent, but expensive. It's a general textbook that covers various areas of IP from copyright to patents. It's a good, thorough textbook though. More about it here. €180 here. I am not sure if you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

There is also a Law Society book on IP. Although I haven't read this up to date version, I have read the previous edition, which might be a bit too general for your purposes. In any case, the previous edition was pretty concise and easy to read.

I am going to post links to several other books. I can't vouch for them, as I haven't read them. They receive pretty good reviews on amazon. You should be aware that their discussion of the law will be in relation to english law, so you would be well advised to have a good Irish textbook too. If read in that way, they might provide the information that you want.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patents-Registered-Designs-Copyright-Dummies/dp/0470519975/ref=pd_cp_b_0/278-4385659-8619247

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inventing-For-Dummies-UK-Edition/dp/0470519967/ref=pd_cp_b_1/278-4385659-8619247

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Bright-Drawing-Successful-Revenue/dp/0955767717/ref=pd_cp_b_2/278-4385659-8619247