Patents throughout the World provides concise and current information in answering a question about an existing patent arrangement. Each section of the text serves as a fundamental checklist of steps that must be considered in the particular country covered. Experts from around the world have contributed advice and information to this work, which covers more than 160 countries and territories. Divided into digests, summarizing significant features of laws, conventions containing text and summaries of important international patent agreements, and a professional directory for referrals.

Features of the book:

• Consists of digests summarizing the significant features of laws in more than 180 jurisdictions
• Includes complete texts of most international agreements now in force in appendix
• Is the only resource that compiles all this data in one, well-referenced location
• Has been continuously updated since the first edition was published in 1924