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This bestselling textbook is the ultimate guide to intellectual property law, with a well-earned reputation for illuminating the complexities of the law with unparalleled clarity.
The authors' all-embracing approach not only clearly sets out the law in relation to copyright, patents, trade marks, designs, passing off, confidentiality, and misuse of private information, but also takes account of a wide range of academic opinion enabling readers to explore and make informed judgments about key principles.
The exceptionally clear and lively writing style, coupled with images from key cases, ensures that even the most complex areas are lucid and comprehensible.
1: Introduction
Part I Copyright
2: Introduction to copyright
3: Subject matter
4: Criteria for protection
5: Authorship and first ownership
6: Nature of the rights
7: Duration of copyright
8: Infringement
9: Defences
10: Moral rights
11: Exploitation and use of copyright
12: Limits on exploitation
13: Related rights: performer's rights, the database right, technological protection measures, rights management information, the public lending right, and the droit de suite
Part II Patents
14: Introduction to patents
15: Nature of a patent
16: Procedure for grant of a patent
17: Patentable subject matter
18: Novelty
19: Inventive step
20: Internal requirements for patentability
21: Ownership
22: Infringement
23: Exploitation
24: Rights related to patents
Part III Legal regulation of designs
25: How design protection arises in the United Kingdom and the European Union
26: Subject matter: the requirement that there be a design
27: Grounds for invalidity: novelty, individual character, and relative grounds
28: Ownership, exploitation, and infringement: UK registered designs, registered community designs, and unregistered community designs
29: Copyright protection for designs
30: UK unregistered design right
Part IV Trade marks and passing off
31: Introduction to passing off and trade marks
32: Passing off
33: Misrepresentation
34: Damage
35: Trade mark registration
36: Subject matter
37: Absolute grounds for refusal
38: Relative grounds for refusal
39: Revocation
40: Infringement
41: Trade mark defences
42: Exploitation and use of trade marks
43: Geographical indications of origin
Part V Confidential information
44: Is the information capable of being protected?
45: Obligation of confidence
46: Breach, defences, private information, and remedies
Part VI Litigation and remedies
47: Litigation
48: Civil and criminal remedies
Lionel Bently is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law
Brad Sherman is Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Deputy Head of School (Resarch) at Griffith University, Australia.
Review(s) from previous edition
"Embracing the impact of modern technology, the second edition of this popular text book charts deftly the continuous evolution of intellectual property law...With this revised edition they have successfully reinvigorated a valuable guide for both undergraduate and postgraduate students...When combined with its clear and logical layout, something to which this area of law is not readily amenable, it is a most accessible and user friendly book...clear and well chosen subheadings guiding the reader relatively painlessly through the most treacherous legal territory...Overall, this is an indispensable guide to any student or practitioner seeking to navigate the turmoil of the intellectual property landscape. - European Intellectual Property Review, Patricia Edwards, University College London
"There is no doubt that this edition, as previous editions of the book, presents helpful reading and is a perfect textbook for students, scholars and practitioners working on and interested in the subject of intellectual property in general." - E.I.P.R.
"This book indeed is an essential textbook for any intellectual property student's library." - E.I.P.R.
"Written by two leading academic intellectual property lawyers, Lionel Bently and Brad Sherman, Intellectual Property Law is a vast and comprehensive consideration of the key intellectual property issues including, where appropriate, their contextual background." - Student Law Journal
"Its written style is also impressive: lucidly explaining the detailed legal and, often, social issues that intellectual property law, in particular, encounters. Fortunately, the authors' written style ensures these issues are not lost within the detail." - Student Law Journal
"Intellectual Property Law is an indispensable text for anyone studying this complex but intriguing area of law. It is extremely well-written in an engaging and thought provoking way. The authors also ensure, by including number references, that it can also form the basis of further and independent research." - Student Law Journal
