Abstract: | Bird & Bird's Trevor Cook has produced another thoroughand insightful analysis, this time on the important area ofdefences to patent infringement for research activities in Europeand, in particular, the UK. The work, published both as a Report of the Intellectual PropertyInstitute and, in abbreviated form, in the Intellectual PropertyQuarterly, assesses historical and international perspectiveson defences for experimental or private uses and regulatoryreview. It analyses, in turn, the consequences for failing |