Gurry on Breach of Confidence The Protection of Confidential Information
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Biographical note
Dr Tanya Aplin is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at King's College, London. She was previously a Lecturer in Law at Robinson College, Cambridge (2000-2002), and a Research Fellow at Murdoch University (1997-1999). Dr Aplin is a visiting lecturer on law programmes offered by the IP Academy Singapore, National University of Singapore, Pepperdine University and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She is also Director of the King's Postgraduate Diploma/MA in UK, EC and US Copyright Law. She has written widely in the field of intellectual property law, including privacy. Professor Lionel Bently is Hershel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of a leading textbook on Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Law (2nd ed. Oxford: OUP, 2004) Simon Malynicz is a barrister at 3 New Square , specializing in intellectual property law. He has experience of litigating breach of confidence actions in the UK. He has contributed to a number of works including, Intellectual Property in Europe (Sweet & Maxwell), The Community Trade Marks Handbook (Sweet & Maxwell) and The Community Designs Handbook (Sweet & Maxwell). He is also a joint author of the second edition of The Modern Law of Trade Marks (Butterworths). Phillip Johnson is a barrister specialising in intellectual property law, media law, entertainment and sports law. Formerly, he was a legal adviser to the Patent Office from 2003 to 2007. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London and a Visiting Professor at the Jersey Law Institute. He is presently the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Trade Marks and Designs for the Intellectual Property Office and a Chair of the Brands and Custom Research Group at the Intellectual Property Institute."This is a long-awaited second edition of Francis Gurry's Breach of Confidence. The first edition, as the authors rightly note in their preface, was a truly elegant synthesis of the law of confidence as it stood at the time This second edition offers a near perfect fusion of the academic and the practical elements of breach of confidence which remains true to the immense scholarship of the first edition while imposing the collective stamp of authority of four leading lawyers. It demonstrates both the enduring quality of the original thesis and the current authors' commitment to the highest form of practical scholarship.
Huw Beverley-Smith, European Intellectual Property Review
The authors of ^i Gurry on Breach of Confidence^r provide an excellent guide to understanding the complex legal issues involved. The book is systematic and well-organized, and its treatment of the subject aims to be comprehensive. The clarity of the structure is matched by generally clear writing throughout the book, which helps to convey this complex subject-matter with a minimum of confusion. The book should be useful and interesting to both academics and practitioners, with different chapters appealing to each (the chapters are largely self-contained and could stand alone). Students at all levels will find it to be a helpful resource for gaining an understanding of this area.
Dr Mira T. Sundara Rajan, IPKat
No serious practitioner specialising in this fast-moving area of law can afford to be without this book. The authors deserve to be commended not just for their erudition and industry, but also for the highly ordered manner in which they have been presented the commentary.
The Commonwealth Lawyer, Vol. 21, No. 2
We think it's safe to say that all practitioners working in this field should give this long awaited edition of Gurry's pride of place on their desks.
Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers
This treatise is a timely and impressive contribution to the study of breach of confidence in all its varied manifestations. It should appeal to practitioners and academics alike, and surely deserves a wide readership.
Canadian Business Law Journal.