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Contemporary intellectual property : law and policy / Hector MacQueen, Charlotte Waelde, Graeme Laurie.
2007
F 141 MAC.C
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Title
Contemporary intellectual property : law and policy / Hector MacQueen, Charlotte Waelde, Graeme Laurie.
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Description
lxi, 960 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780199263394
0199263396 paperback
0199263396 paperback
Alternate Call Number
F 141 MAC.C
Summary
"This book offers a new perspective on intellectual property law. Setting intellectual property protection within its social context, the text examines the complex policies that inform and guide modern intellectual property law at the domestic (including Scottish), European, and international levels, providing the reader with insight into the shape of things to come."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Intellectual property law: an introduction; 2. Copyright A: history, rationale and subject matter; 3. Copyright B: first ownership, moral rights and term; 4. Copyright C: economic rights and infringement; 5. Copyright D: exceptions, technical protection measures, and contracts; 6. Rights akin to copyright: database right and performers' rights; 7. Current issues in copyright; 8. Registered designs; 9. Unregistered designs; 10. Patent regimes and the application process; 11. Patentability and infringement; 12. Contemporary issues in patent law; 13. The function of a trade mark and the national, community and international regime; 14. Definition of a trade mark and registration; 15. Relative ground for refusing registration, infringement and defenses; 16. Contemporary issues in trade mark law; 17. Passing off; 18. Breach of confidence; 19. Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights; 20. Intellectual property and EU competition law; 21. Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement and remedies; 22. Intellectual property and international private law.
Location
Z01 02 HC 2245
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Language
English
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Review
"This book offers a new perspective on intellectual property law. Setting intellectual property protection within its social context, the text examines the complex policies that inform and guide modern intellectual property law at the domestic (including Scottish), European, and international levels, providing the reader with insight into the shape of things to come."--Jacket.