Introduction Part I Patents in the Life Sciences: Validity and Enforcement Chapter 1 Requirements for a Valid Patent 1: Novelty Chapter 2 Requirements for a Valid Patent 2: Inventive Step Chapter 3 Requirements for a Valid Patent 3: Patentable Subject Matter and Exclusions Chapter 4 Requirements for a Valid Patent 4: Sufficiency Chapter 5 Patent Infringement 1: Scope of Protection of Claims Chapter 6 Patent Infringement 2: Acts of Infringement Chapter 7 Patent Infringement 3: Defences Chapter 8 Patent Infringement 4: Remedies Part II Patent Ownership, Dealings and Litigation Chapter 9 The European Patent System and Obtaining a Patent Chapter 10 Rights in a Patent Chapter 11 Patent Dealings Chapter 12 Patent Proceedings in the Courts of England and Wales Chapter 13 Amendment and Parallel Proceedings in the EPO and the English Courts Chapter 14 Terminating Patent Agreements and Points of Dispute PART III Other Rights Protecting Life Sciences Subject Matter Chapter 15 Supplementary Protection Certificates Chapter 16 Data and Market Exclusivity Rights Chapter 17 Trade Secrets Chapter 18 Plants and Genetic Resources Chapter 19 Trade Marks, Passing Off, Designs and Copyright Chapter 20 Exhaustion of Rights, IP Offences and Customs Powers Chapter 21 Personal Data - GDPR Rights and Obligations Coda Brexit Appendices Appendix A Patents Act 1977 Appendix B Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018 Appendix C Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 Appendix D Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products Appendix E Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use Appendix F Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan medicinal products Appendix G European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.