Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy, 6th Edition

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Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy offers a unique perspective on intellectual property law.

It goes beyond an up-to-date account of the law and examines the complex policies that inform and guide modern intellectual property law at the domestic (including Scottish), European and international levels, giving the reader a true insight into the discipline and the shape of things to come.

The focus is on contemporary challenges to intellectual property law and policy and the reader is encouraged to engage critically both with the text and the subject matter. Carefully developed to ensure that the complexities of the subject are addressed in a clear and approachable manner, the extensive use of practical examples, exercises and visual aids throughout the text enliven the subject and stimulate the reader.

Accompanied by an online resource centre which contains the following:-
- Updates to key areas of law
- Two bonus chapters on 'History of Registered Design Law in the UK to 1988' and 'History of Unregistered Design
- Protection in the UK'
- Guidance on answering the discussion points from the book
- Web links and further reading
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1: Intellectual property law: An introduction
PART II: COPYRIGHT
2: Copyright 1: History, rationale, and subject matter
3: Copyright 2: First ownership, moral rights, and term
4: Copyright 3: Economic rights and infringement
5: Copyright 4: Exceptions, technical protection measures, and contracts
6: Rights akin to copyright: database rights and performers rights
7: Current issues in copyright
PART III: DESIGN PROTECTION
8: Registered designs
9: Unregistered designs
PART IV: PATENTS
10: Patent regimes and the application process
11: Patentability and infringement
12: Contemporary issues in patent law
PART V: REGISTERED TRADE MARKS
13: The function of a trade mark and the natioal, community, and international regime
14: Definitions of a trade mark and registration
15: Relative ground for refusing registration, infringement, and defences
16: Contemporary issues in trade mark law
PART VI: COMMON LAW PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
17: Passing off
18: Breach of confidence
19: Control of information, reputation and intellectual property
PART VII: THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION
20: Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights
21: Intellectual property and EU competition law
PART VIII: EXPLOITATION, ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES, AND CROSS BORDER LITIGATION
22: Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement, and remedies
23: Intellectual property and international private law
Charlotte Waelde, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Exeter, Graeme Laurie, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh, Abbe Brown, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen, Smita Kheria, Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh, and Jane Cornwell, Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh

Charlotte Waelde is Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Exeter Graeme Laurie is Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh Abbe Brown is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen Smita Kheria is Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh Jane Cornwell is Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh