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1、Teacher’sManualforPatentLawandPolicyFourthEditionRobertPatrickMergesJohnFitzgeraldDuffyCopyright©2008RobertMerges,JohnDuffyandLexisPublishingForupdatesandotherteachingmaterials,see:http://www.law.berkeley.edu/9236.htmTeacher’sManualforPatentLawandPolicyOneoftheproblemsinwritingat
2、eacher’smanualforapatentcasebookmirrorsamajorprobleminteachingthecourseitself:thediversityofbackgroundspeoplebringtothesubject.Somearecompleteneophytes,drawnbythesurgeofinterestinthefield.Othersareexperiencedscientistsorengineers,perhapsevenpatenteesthemselves,whoarefamiliaratthe
3、operationallevelwithmanydetailsofthesystem.Andmostaresomewhereinbetween,bringingsomestockofknowledgeandperhapsfolkloretotheirstudyofthefield.Wewilltrytoaddresstheconcernsofeachgroupinthismanual,butawordofadviceisinorder.Wherewefeltitnecessarytomakeachoice,wechosetoslantthepresent
4、ationtowardtheneophyte.Theobviousexplanationisthatthisisthegroupwhowefeltwouldneedtorelymostonthecontentsofthismanual.Asfortheothers,weemphaticallydonotmeantosuggestthatthereisnothinginthismanualforyou.Farfromit;youwillfindmuchofthechapter by chapterexplanationusefulevenifyoualre
5、adyarefamiliarwithpatentlaw.Thebasicaimofthismanualistodescribewhatiscoveredineachchapterandofcoursewhyit’sinthere.Thusnomatterhowwellyouknowpatentlawingeneral,youmightfindthisusefulinunderstandinghowweputthisbooktogether.Twofinalnotes:First,thefollowingwebsitemakesavailableaddit
6、ionteachingmaterialssuchaspowerpointslide,updatedversionsofthisteacher’smanualandyearlyupdatestothecasebook:http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/pubs/Patent_Law.htmlSecond,wearealwaysintheprocessofrevisingthebook,andweappreciateallsuggestions,critiques,questions,andcomment
7、s.Pleasefeelwelcometosendusyourthoughtsviaemailortotheaddresseslistedbelow:RobertP.MergesWilsonSonsiniGoodrich&RosatiProfessorofLawandTechnologyBoaltHallSchoolofLawJohnF.DuffyProfessorofLawGeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool1UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleyBerkeley,CA94720(510)64
8、3 6199rmerges@law.berkeley.edu2000HStree
