Intellectual Property Law

1 Introduction; I. Copyright; 2 Introduction to copyright; 3 Subject matter; 4 Criteria for protection; 5 Authorship and first ownership; 6 Nature of the rights; 7 Duration of copyright; 8 Infringement; 9 Defences; 10 Moral rights; 11 Exploitation and use of copyright; 12 Limits on exploitation; 13 Related rights; II. Patents; 14 Introduction to patents; 15 The nature of a patent; 16 Procedure for grant of a patent; 17 Patentable subject matter; 18 Novelty; 19 Inventive step; 20 Internal requirements for patentability; 21 Ownership; 22 Infringement; 23 Exploitation; 24 Rights relating to patents; III. The Legal Regulation of Designs; 25 Acquiring registered design protection in the United Kingdom and the European Community; 26 The Community concept of design; 27 Grounds for invalidity: novelty, individual character, and relative grounds; 28 The rights of a proprietor of a UK registered design, a registered Community design, and unregistered Community design; 29 Copyright protection for designs; 30 Unregistered design right; IV. Trade Marks and Passing Off; 31 Introduction to passing off and trade marks; 32 Passing off; 33 Misrepresentation; 34 Damage; 35 Trade mark registration; 36 Subject matter; 37 Absolute grounds for refusal; 38 Relative grounds for refusal; 39 Revocation; 40 Infringement; 41 Trade mark defences; 42 Exploitation and use of trade marks; 43 Geographical indications of origin; V. Confidential Information; 44 Is the information capable of being protected?; 45 Obligation of confidence; 46 Breach, defences, and remedies; 47 Misuse of private information; VI. Litigation and Remedies; 48 Litigation; 49 Civil and criminal remedies

Review from previous edition 'There is no doubt that this edition is a perfect textbook for students, scholars and practitioners working on and interested in the subject of intellectual property in general.' European Intellectual Property Review