Introduction
Background and basic principles
Subsistence of copyright
Authorship and ownership of copyright
Authors' rights
Rights, infringement and remedies
Defences to copyright infringement and the permitted acts
Copyright and computer software
Rights in performances
Law of breach of confidence
Patent law : background, basic principles and practical aspects
Requirements for patentability
Ownership, dealing with patents, safety and security, and crown use
Patents : infringement, remedies and criminal offences
Patents : defences, groundless threats and revocation
What is a design?
Community design and the UK registered design
The UK unregistered design right
Trade marks : introduction and background
The UK trade mark : registrability, surrender, revocation and invalidity, property rights and registration
The UK trade mark : rights, infringement, limitations and defences, remedies and criminal offences
Community trade mark and the Madrid System
Passing off and malicious falsehood
Freedom of movement of goods and EC competition law
IPR and conflict of laws.
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Intellectual property by David I. Bainbridge. ISBN 9781405859202. Published by Longman in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
