Design protection : a practical guide to the law on plagiarism for manufacturers and designers / Dan Johnston ; consultants, Michael Edwardes-Evans and Geoffrey Adams.

Fourth edition.

x, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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The importance of design in modern industry and commerce is becoming ever more clearly realized worldwide. And with that realization comes recognition of the damage done by copying. To combat plagiarism it is essential that designers, managers and company directors understand the range of legal protection available. Patents, trade marks, design registration, copyright and design right are the chief means by which intellectual property rights may be protected. Added to that is the common law right of 'passing off'. All these methods are covered comprehensively in this new edition of the standard work on this subject.

Contents : 1. Design and the law; 2. Patent law; 3. Design registration; 4. Copyright; 5. Design right; 6. Trade marks, brand names, company symbols and logotypes; 7. PASSING OFF, slander of goods and fair trading legislation; 8. Especially for manufacturers; 9. Especially for designers; 10. Protection by categories of products; 11. Design protection in the European Community and internationally; 12. International treaties; References; Organizations concerned with design protection; Appendix A. Registered Designs Act 1949 as amended; Appendix B. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 : extracts with particular relevance to design;.
Referències bibliogràfiques. - Índex.

Aldershot : Design Council, c1995.

English