This textbook provides an account of intellectual property law. The underlying policies influencing the direction of the law are explained and explored and contemporary issues facing the discipline are tackled head-on. The international and European dimensions are covered together with the domestic position.
Intellectual property law : an introduction -- Copyright 1 : history, rationale, and subject matter -- Copyright 2 : first ownership, moral rights, and term -- Copyright 3 : economic rights and infringement -- Copyright 4 : exceptions, technical protection measures, and contracts -- Rights akin to copyright : database right and performers' rights -- Current issues in copyright -- Registered designs -- Unregistered designs -- Patent regimes and the application process -- Patentability and infringement -- Contemporary issues in patent law -- The function of a trade mark and the national, Community, and international regime -- Definition of a trade mark and registration -- Relative ground for refusing registration, infringement, and defences -- Contemporary issues in trade mark law -- Passing off -- Breach of confidence -- Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights -- Intellectual property and EU competition law -- Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement, and remedies -- Intellectual property and international private law.