In this book, three experienced legal practitioners in patent matters provide a reliable and detailed guideline on how to enforce patents in three of the most important jurisdictions for patent infringement litigation, namely Germany, Japan and the United States. The book is structured by the relevant subject matters of patent litigation such as scope of patent protection, claims of the patent holder and objections of the alleged infringer, fact finding, pre-procedural measures, trial, principles of procedure and comparative aspects.

This book gives a systematic comparative overview of the characteristic principles of patent enforcement proceedings in the US, Japan and Germany, ie the major jurisdictions where patent holders might seek for legal remedies in parallel proceedings. Content overview: - survey matter of infringement; - claims of the patent holder and objections of the infringer; - pre-procedural measures; - infringement proceedings; - procedural principles.