Life Sciences is one of the most innovative and complex areas of law. It is currently undergoing a period of intense transformation, with companies facing an ever-increasing level of regulation as well as strict cost management in order to remain competitive and profitable.

The latest in "A User's Guide to..." series it covers life sciences in relation to:

- patents
- copyright
- trade marks; and
- data protection

The book covers UK law with references to significant EPO cases. A key part of the book is the coverage of case law. Case studies and detailed analysis of the key cases, eg the Kymab mouse case, the human genome sciences case, and the pregabalin case feature heavily helping to put this often complex area of law into context.

Where appropriate and for comparison purposes, approaches of key foreign jurisdictions are summarised and for ease of use there are clearly signposted.

A key text for practitioners specialising in life sciences and intellectual property in general and patents officers dealing with life sciences applications.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Intellectual Property and IT online service.

This is an immensely practical and useable book. Rather than an academic tome that sits on the shelf to be dusted off for obscure points of law, this book has been at my elbow, as something to reach for most days since it arrived from Bloomsbury. * BioScience Law Review *

Dr Paul England is the senior professional support lawyer in the Patents Group at Taylor Wessing where he specialises in UK and multi-jurisdictional patent litigation. He has a particular interest in life sciences subject matter and associated exclusivity issues, having begun his career as a scientist and taken a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Oxford. Paul's work covers advice and training to the Patents Group on these areas of law as well as providing advice and value-added services to clients.

Paul publishes regularly on patent law and exclusivity right developments, with over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and he speaks at conferences several times a year. He is leading the Patents Group and clients on the UPC and Unitary Patent and the implications of Brexit on these and other issues in the patents and exclusivity rights area of the life sciences. Paul is the Consulting Editor of Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences (Second edition) and Patent Transactions in the Life Sciences (Globe Law and Business). He is also the author of 'Expert Privilege' in Civil Evidence (Hart Publishing). Paul is on the Editorial Board of Intellectual Property Life Sciences Review and a correspondent for Bio-Science Law Review. He is Secretary of The Academy of Experts and chairs the Lawyers Network of Linacre College, Oxford.

Paul is rated by peers and clients in LMG Euromoney's Rising Stars 2017.

Simon Cohen is a partner in the IP/IT group at Taylor Wessing and heads the International Patents group.