| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
cxix, 1144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Subject matter -- Criteria for protection -- Authorship and first ownership -- Nature of the right -- Duration of copyright -- Infringement -- Defences -- Moral rights -- Exploitation and use of copyright -- Limits on exploitation -- Related rights : performers' rights, database right, technological protection measures, rights management information, public lending right, and the droit de suite -- Introduction to patents -- The nature of a patent -- Procedure for grant of a patent -- Patentable subject matter -- Novelty -- Inventive step -- Internal requirements for patentability -- Ownership -- Infringement -- Exploitation -- Rights related to patents -- Acquiring registered design protection in the United Kingdom and the European Community -- The community concept of design -- Grounds for invalidity : novelty, individual character, and relative grounds -- The rights of a proprietor of a UK registered design, a registered community design, and an unregistered community design -- Copyright protection for designs -- Unregistered design right -- Introduction to passing off and trade marks -- Passing off -- Misrepresentation -- Damage -- Trade mark registration -- Subject matter -- Absolute grounds for refusal -- Relative grounds for refusal -- Revocation -- Infringement -- Trade mark defences -- Exploitation and use of trade marks -- Geographical indications of origin -- Is the information capable of being protected? -- Obligation of confidence -- Breach, defences, private nformation, and remedies -- Litigation -- Civil and criminal remedies. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Intellectual property -- Great Britain.
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Intellectual property. |
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Great Britain. |
| Added Author |
Sherman, Brad.
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| ISBN |
9780199292042 |
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0199292043 |
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