Intellectual property / David I. Bainbridge.

1. Introduction; 2. Background and basic principles; 3. Subsistence of copyright; 4. Authorship and ownership of copyright; 5. Authors' rights; 6.Rights, infringement and remedies; 7. Defences to copyright infringement and the permitted acts; 8. Copyright and computer software; 9. Rights in performances; 10. Law of breach of confidence; 11. Patent law - background, basic principles and practical aspects; 12. Requirements for patentability; 13. Ownership, dealing with patents, safety and security, and crown use; 14. Patents - infringement, remedies and criminal offences; 15. Patents - defences, groundless threats and revocation; 16. What is a design? 17. Community design and the UK registered design; 18. The UK unregistered design right; 19. Trade marks - introduction and background; 20. The UK trade mark - registrability, surrender, revocation and invalidity, property rights and registration; 21. The UK trade mark - rights, infringement, limitations and defences, remedies and criminal offences; 22. Community trade mark and the madrid system; 23. Passing off and malicious falsehood; 24. Freedom of movement of goods and EC competition law; 25. IPR and conflict of laws.