Contemporary Intellectual Property Law and Policy

PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1: Intellectual property law: An introduction; PART II: COPYRIGHT; 2: Copyright1: History, rationale, and subject matter; 3: Copyright 2: First ownership, moral rights, and term; 4: Copyright 3: Economic rights and infringement; 5: Copyright 4: Exceptions, technical protection measures, and contracts; 6: Rights akin to copyright: database rights and performers rights; 7: Current issues in copyright; PART III: DESIGN PROTECTION; 8: Registered designs; 9: Unregistered designs; PART IV:; 10: Patent regimes and the application process; 11: Patentability and infringement; 12: Contemporary issues in patent law; PART V: REGISTERED TRADE MARKS; 13: The function of a trade mark and the natioal, community, and international regime; 14: Definitions of a trade mark and registration; 15: Relative ground for refusing registration, infringement, and defences; 16: Contemporary issues in trade mark law; PART VI: COMMON LAW PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; 17: Passing off; 18: Breach of confidence; PART VII: THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION; 19: Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights; 20: Intellectual property and EU competition law; PART VIII: EXPLOITATION, ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES, AND CROSS BORDER LITIGATION; 21: Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement, and remedies; 22: Intellectual property and international private law

Charlotte Waelde is a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Edinburgh

Review from previous edition " Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy is impressively written by being both clear and accessible. Its layout also helps towards its accessibility with thought-provoking questions and issues being raised throughout the text: this allows the reader to critically evaluate the work. Similarly, the use of diagrams and pictures is particularly helpful for a topic like intellectual property." Student Law Journal