9780421379800 paperback 9780421379701 hard 9780421243101
Alternate Call Number
F 13 COR.I(2) 1991
Summary
"Intellectual Property" provides comprehensive coverage of the whole spectrum of intellectual property law as it applies in the UK. Changes to the law effected by the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 are covered, as are many other decisions and provisions. Developments in EEC law such as progress towards implementation of community trademarks and patents arrangements are noted.
Bibliography, etc. Note
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. 9. Range and aims of copyright 10. Subsistence of copyright 11. Infringement of copyright and moral rights 12. Property rights and exploitation 13. Copyright: particular cases. Part V: Trade Marks and Names. 14. Industrial design 15. Competitor and consumer 16. Common law liability 17. Registered trade marks 18. Trade marks and the EEC. Appendices. 1. Control of monopoloies and restrictive practices: note on institutions and some substantive rules 2. "Old" patents 3. Joint interests in marks 4. Protection of plant varieties.