"Intellectual Property" provides a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the whole spectrum of intellectual property law as it applies in the UK. This edition takes account of many new developments in areas such as database protection, rights in performances, biotechnological patents, internet copyright, parallel importing, and above all, UK and Community trade mark law.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part I: Common Ground. 1. Starting points 2. The enforcement of rights. Part II: Patents. 3. Growth and purpose of patents 4. The patent: grant and content 5. Validity 6. Scope of monopoly 7. Property rights and exploitation. Part III: Confidence. 8. Confidential information. Part IV: Copyright and Designs. 9. Range of aims of copyright 10. Subsistence of copyright 11. Infringement of copyright and moral rights 12. Property rights and exploitation 13. Copyright: particular cases 14. Industrial design. Part V: Trade Marks and Names. 15. Competitor and consumer 16. Common law liability 17. Registered trade marks. Part VI: The European Dimension. 18. Intellectual property in the European economic area. Appendix 1: Control of monopolies and restrictive practices: note on institutions and some substantive rules Appendix 2: Joint interests in marks, names and symbols Appendix 3: Protection of plant varieties.