This new edition of Intellectual Property offers coverage of all major intellectual property rights and is designed to equip you with a strong understanding of the wealth of domestic, European and international laws at play in this area. This edition has been substantially updated and streamlined to ensure the book best fits the contemporary intellectual property syllabus.

Part One PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 1 What are intellectual property rights? 2 Justification for intellectual property rights 3 Sources of intellectual property law 4 Enforcement of intellectual property rights and unjustified threats Part Two COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS 5 Subsistence and duration of copyright 6 Authorship and ownership of copyright 7 Authors’ rights 8 Owners’ rights, infringement and remedies 9 Dealing with copyright 10 Defences and the permitted acts 11 Orphan works 12 Computer programs 13 Databases 14 Satellite broadcasting 15 Circumvention of effective technological measures 16 Electronic rights management information 17 Rights in performances Part Three RIGHTS IN DESIGNS 18 Introduction to design law 19 Community design 20 The UK registered design 21 The UK unregistered design right Part Four TRADE NAMES, SIGNS, MARKS, GOODWILL AND GET-UP 22 Introduction to trade marks and passing off 23 The UK trade mark – registrability and registration 24 The UK trade mark – grounds for refusal of registration and invalidity 25 The UK trade mark – property rights, surrender and revocation 26 The UK trade mark – rights, infringement and remedies 27 The UK trade mark – limitations, groundless threats and criminal offences 28 The new EU trade mark Directive 29 The European Union trade mark 30 Passing off 31 Malicious falsehood Part Five TRADE SECRETS AND INVENTIONS 32 Introduction to trade secrets and patents for inventions 33 Trade secrets and the law of confidence 34 Requirements for the grant of a patent 35 Non-inventions excluded from the grant of a patent (as such) 36 Other exclusions from the grant of a patent 37 Biotechnological patents 38 Entitlement to and dealing with patents 39 Patent infringement and remedies 40 Defences, groundless threats, revocation, invalidity and surrender 41 The European patent, unitary patent and the Unified Patents Court Appendix – Useful website addresses Bibliography and further reading Index

  Intellectual Property offers unrivalled coverage of all major intellectual property rights and is designed to equip you with a strong understanding of the wealth of domestic, European and international laws at play in this area.   This tenth edition has been substantially updated and streamlined to ensure the book best fits the contemporary intellectual property syllabus. Key updates to the new edition include:   ·    Significant restructuring to reduce the length of the chapters without compromising on coverage of each topic.  ·    A revised chapter structure which maps closely to the structure of a typical intellectual property module. ·    Discussion on the creation of a European patent with unitary effect and a Unified Patents Court. ·    Coverage of the new codifying trade mark regulation and the trade mark directive requiring implementation in 2019. ·    An outline of the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017. ·    Consideration of the potential wide-ranging effects of Brexit in relation to intellectual property rights and protections.   About the author: David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Aston University and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln’s Inn. He is a member of the British Computer Society and also has an extensive background in Engineering and Information Technology.  

·    Offers comprehensive coverage of all major intellectual property rights and maps closely to the syllabus of a contemporary intellectual property module. ·    An engaging, stimulating and accessible written style is designed to equip you with a strong understanding of the wealth of domestic, European and International laws at play in this subject area. ·    Consideration of the potential wide-ranging and uncertain effects of Brexit on intellectual property rights and protections in the UK is embedded throughout the book so the reader can clearly identify areas of uncertainty and potential change. ·    A range of student friendly features, such as summaries of key points, further reading suggestions and discussion questions, are included in each chapter to support your study.

Now in its tenth edition, this new edition has been substantially updated and streamlined to ensure the book best fits the contemporary intellectual property syllabus. Key updates to the new edition include: ·    Significant restructuring to reduce the length of each chapter without compromising on coverage of each topic.  ·    A revised chapter structure which maps closely to the structure of a typical intellectual property module. ·    Discussion on the creation of a European patent with unitary effect and a Unified Patents Court. ·    Coverage of the new codifying trademark regulation and the trademark directive requiring implementation in 2019. ·    An outline of Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017. ·    Consideration of the potential wide-ranging effects of Brexit in relation to intellectual property rights and protections.