Intellectual Property in Europe deals with the whole range of laws and regulations affecting IP in Europe, offering extensive commentary and all the information you need in a single, reliable source. The new edition offers unrivalled coverage of patents, copyright, designs, trademarks and plant varieties at an international regional and European Union level considering the practicalities of each dimension are considered, as well as the substantive law. The new edition: - Provides unrivalled coverage of the law of patents, copyright, designs, trademarks and plant varieties as relevant to the European practitioner - Discusses topical areas of EU IP law such as the Unitary Patent, the new Technology Transfer Block Exemption, and CJEU case law in the field of trade marks - Offers expert commentary on the substantive law of IP while also assessing its interaction with the provisions of the EU treaties in the area of free movement of goods, competition law, enforcement and border controls - Includes an in-depth examination of the various functions of trade marks - Features a fully updated chapter on Jurisdiction, taking account of case law in the difficult area of online infringement and the new 2015 Jurisdiction Regulation - Offers an extensive review of all EU and EPO case law and legislation in all areas of intellectual property law - Examines implications of new EU patent and Unified Patent Court Foreword by Judge Christopher Vajda, Court of Justice of the European Union
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction 2. Patents in Europe 3. Trade marks in Europe 4. Copyright in Europe Design protection in Europe 6. Plant variety rights in Europe 7. Intellectual property and free movement of goods 8. Intellectual property and article 101 9. IP and technology transfer licences 10. Intellectual property and horizontal agreements 11. Intellectual property, vertical agreements 12. Abuse of a dominant position 13. Enforcement of competition law in the European Union 14. Euro-defences in IP actions 15. Enforcement of IPRs and border controls 16. Jurisdiction and intellectual property.