Contemporary intellectual property
Subtitle: law and policy
By: Charlotte Waelde, Abbe Brown, Smita Kheria, Jane Cornwell
Contributors: Brown, Abbe E. L. (Abbe Elizabeth Lockhart), author; Kheria, Smita, author; Cornwell, Jane (Law teacher), author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1054
ISBN-13: 9780198733690
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Intellectual property
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intellectual property law : an introduction; title: Copyright 1 : history, rationale and subject matter; title: Copyright 2 : first ownership, moral rights and term; title: Copyright 3 : economic rights and infringement; title: Copyright 4 : exceptions, technical protection measures and contracts; title: Rights akin to copyright : database rights and performers' rights; title: Contemporary issues in copyright; title: Registered designs; title: Unregistered designs; title: Patent regimes and the application process; title: Patentability and infringement; title: Contemporary issues in patent law; title: The function of a trade mark and the national, EU, and international regime; title: Definition of a trade mark and registration; title: Relative ground for refusing registration, infringement and defences; title: Contemporary issues in trade mark law; title: Passing off; title: Breach of confidence; title: Control of information, reputation, and intellectual property; title: Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights; title: Intellectual property and EU competition law; title: Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement and remedies; title: Intellectual property and international private law.