Books/Novels incorporating patent law?

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#134

Author: Barry Chapin chapin
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:00

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Hello,

I am just finishing a good book titled "The Partners" by Louis
Auchincloss.  It is an entertaining novel about partners in a law
firm in NYC, set in the 1970's, and is written by a lawyer, in a
lawyer's perspective.  I need to write a paper on it for Prof. Resp.
I would recommend this book as light reading for any lawyer or law
student.  I especially liked it since it gives me a perspective of
what life might be like for a partner in a law firm - with the problems
that they deal with, versus what an associate sees as firm life.

Are there any books written about (or that contain) the subject of
patent law, or intellectual property law, which are NOT reference
books, like treatises or textbooks, etc.  I am looking for maybe a
novel or other "story" which may incorporate an IP theme.  It may
be that there are no such books, but "The Partners" is worth posting
about anyways.

-Barry Chapin	chapin@draper.com
Engineer	Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Law Student	Evenings, Suffolk University, Boston, MA

Re: Books/Novels incorporating patent law?

#135

Author: Sharon Fenick
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:00

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Barry Chapin (chapin@draper.com) (bwc2809@support7) wrote:

: Are there any books written about (or that contain) the subject of
: patent law, or intellectual property law, which are NOT reference
: books, like treatises or textbooks, etc.  I am looking for maybe a
: novel or other "story" which may incorporate an IP theme.  It may
: be that there are no such books, but "The Partners" is worth posting
: about anyways.

I don't know how widely avaliable this is, but the JPTOS (Journal
of the Patent and Trademark Office Society,) which, as far as I
can understand, is usually a dry type of thing, has in its January 
issue (v77, n1) a lovely story about an attorney who works in a small 
branch office of a large firm doing patent prosecution.  I really 
liked it.  It's just 8 pages, and snuggles uncomfortably between 
"Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) News" and "Traversing the Section
112, Paragraph Six Field of Land Mines: Does In re Donaldson
Adequately Defuse the Problems? (Part II)" but it's worth seeking 
out.  Title and author after the quote below.

Sharon

---
	"Eighteen months!  What is this, a major piece of litigations?"
	"That's just how long the Patent Office usually takes.  It's not
our fault.  Just your federal government at work."  He winked at Edwards.	
	"Fine," said the man, and hung up.
	Not more than a moment passed before the phone rang again.
	"Listen.  Something I want to know.  Are you going to bill me
for that last call?"
	"No," Drubner replied, "but I am going to bill you for this one."
---
From "The Lure" by Steven Frank.  JPTOS, January 1995, pp. 21-29.

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