Издательство Cavendish Publishing, 1999, -545 pp.
Intellectual property law is fascinating. We are all familiar with, and are users of, intellectual property. In addition, the subject matter of intellectual property – the application of an idea in making or selling products and services – forms the fundament of a society’s cultural, technological, educational and economic development. With the growth of trade and of the transfer of information on a world wide scale, both intellectual property law and intellectual property infringement are a global conce. Continuing rapid technological development challenges and expands traditional boundaries of intellectual property regimes. Digital recording technology, the inteet, genetic engineering all pose new challenges and new opportunities. In all, this is a dynamic and developing subject which touches on a wide area of human conce – trade, economic progress, intellectual and cultural advancement, and the acquisition and dissemination of information, as well as the more prosaic acquisition of goods and chattels.
The book is designed, when used in conjunction with a statute book, to give a comprehensive and comprehensible introduction to intellectual property law in the UK, within the inteational framework of conventions, treaties and agreements which shape those domestic laws. The dual aim has been to make the subject both understandable and enjoyable. It was the preparation of teaching materials for the University of Buckingham’s part time LLB course which prompted this book and I gratefully acknowledge the University’s permission to draw on those copyright Intellectual Property course materials.
Introduction
Justification
The Patent
Patentable Inventions
Infringement, Validity and Revocation
Breach of Confidence
Copyright Principles and Copyright Works
The Subsistence and Substance of Copyright
Infringement of Copyright and Permitted Acts
Moral Rights
Design Rights
Passing off
Registered Trade Marks
Trade Mark Infringement and Challenges to Trade Marks
Remedies
Intellectual Property and the European Union
Intellectual property law is fascinating. We are all familiar with, and are users of, intellectual property. In addition, the subject matter of intellectual property – the application of an idea in making or selling products and services – forms the fundament of a society’s cultural, technological, educational and economic development. With the growth of trade and of the transfer of information on a world wide scale, both intellectual property law and intellectual property infringement are a global conce. Continuing rapid technological development challenges and expands traditional boundaries of intellectual property regimes. Digital recording technology, the inteet, genetic engineering all pose new challenges and new opportunities. In all, this is a dynamic and developing subject which touches on a wide area of human conce – trade, economic progress, intellectual and cultural advancement, and the acquisition and dissemination of information, as well as the more prosaic acquisition of goods and chattels.
The book is designed, when used in conjunction with a statute book, to give a comprehensive and comprehensible introduction to intellectual property law in the UK, within the inteational framework of conventions, treaties and agreements which shape those domestic laws. The dual aim has been to make the subject both understandable and enjoyable. It was the preparation of teaching materials for the University of Buckingham’s part time LLB course which prompted this book and I gratefully acknowledge the University’s permission to draw on those copyright Intellectual Property course materials.
Introduction
Justification
The Patent
Patentable Inventions
Infringement, Validity and Revocation
Breach of Confidence
Copyright Principles and Copyright Works
The Subsistence and Substance of Copyright
Infringement of Copyright and Permitted Acts
Moral Rights
Design Rights
Passing off
Registered Trade Marks
Trade Mark Infringement and Challenges to Trade Marks
Remedies
Intellectual Property and the European Union