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The wonderful world of patent drafting
Fundamentals of Patent Drafting
Paul Cole
CIPA, 2006
ISBN: 0 903932 23 7, Hard cover, pp.xii + 306
£25.00
A Practical Guide to Drafting Patents
EIPR Practice Series
Gwilym Roberts
Sweet & Maxwell, 2007
ISBN: 10 0-421-938-609; ISBN: 13 978-0-421-93880-9; ISSN: Soft cover, pp. xvii + 168
£79.00
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To anyone involved in patent litigation, it is clear that the task of drafting is not for the faint-hearted. Those who draft patents are acutely aware of the pitfalls which await their clients following even a mere slip of the pen. This commentator, who is daily involved in the pre-filing review and prosecution of patents and, alongside clients, assisting lawyers in many countries with patent litigation,