Intellectual Property Law Text, Cases, and Materials

Author: Tanya Aplin; Jennifer Davis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199271573
Published In: July 2009
Format: Paperback , 912 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Focusing on domestic intellectual property law, while placing it firmly in its international context allows students to gain a broad and thorough understanding of IP as a global subject
Combines well-chosen excerpts from case law and secondary materials with stimulating commentary
Carefully written and developed to map closely onto intellectual property law courses
Provides a selection of relevant further reading
Supported by a specially designed Online Resource Centre which provides updates of recent developments in the law and links to relevant websites

This book provides a complete resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of intellectual property law. It is designed to be the first of its kind, in combining extracts from major cases and secondary materials with critical commentary from experienced teachers in the field.

The book deals with all areas of intellectual property law in the UK: copyright, trade marks and passing off, confidential information, industrial designs, patent, industrial designs, procedure and enforcement. It also tackles topical areas, such as the application of IP law to new technologies and character merchandising. While the focus of the book is on IP law in a domestic context, it provides international, EU and comparative law perspectives on major issues. It also addresses the wider policy implications of legislative and judicial developments in the area.

It is an ideal resource for all students of intellectual property law who need cases, materials and commentary in a single volume.

Readership: Undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in intellectual property law.

1: An introduction to intellectual property
2: Copyright I: subsistence, ownership and exploitation
3: Copyright II: infringement and exceptions
4: Passing off
5: Trade Marks I: justifications, registration, and absolute grounds for refusal of registration
6: Trade Marks II: the relative grounds for refusal of registration, infringement, defences, and exhaustion of rights
7: Character merchandising and publicity rights
8: Breach of confidence
9: Patents I: justifications, registration, and validity
10: Patents II: infringement and entitlement
11: Industrial design
12: Intellectual property and information technologies
13: Intellectual property in action

Tanya Aplin, Reader in Intellectual Property Law, School of Law, King's College, London, and Jennifer Davis, Herchel Smith College Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge

"Intellectual Property Law: Text, Cases, and Materials is well written by being both clear and accessible. It superbly uses a colour background on cases, materials and further reading to differentiate it from the text: this is an excellent idea. " - Student Law Journal

"Unusually for a student text, [Intellectual Property Law: Text, Cases, and Materials ] also deals with the important issue of how intellectual property law is dealt with in practice: this is vital for anyone interested in becoming a solicitor or a barrister. " - Student Law Journal