Intellectual property law

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Introduction to copyright -- Subject matter -- Criteria for protection -- Authorship and first ownership -- Nature of the rights -- Duration of copyright -- Infringement -- Defences -- Moral rights -- Exploitation and use of copyright -- Limits on exploitation -- Related rights : performers' rights, database right, technological protection measures, rights management information, public lending right, and the droit de suite -- Introduction to patents -- The nature of a patent -- Procedure for grant of a patent -- Patentable subject matter -- Novelty -- Inventive step -- Internal requirements for patentability -- Ownership -- Infringement -- Exploitation -- Rights related to patents -- Acquiring registered design protection in the United Kingdom and the European Community -- The community concept of design -- Grounds for invalidity : novelty, individual character, and relative grounds -- The rights of a proprietor of a UK registered design, a registered community design, and an unregistered community design -- Copyright protection for designs -- Unregistered design right -- Introduction to passing off and trade marks -- Passing off -- Misrepresentation -- Damage -- Trade mark registration -- Subject matter -- Absolute grounds for refusal -- Relative grounds for refusal -- Revocation -- Infringement -- Trade mark defences -- Exploitation and use of trade marks -- Geographical indications of origin -- Is the information capable of being protected? -- Obligation of confidence -- Breach, defences, private nformation, and remedies -- Litigation -- Civil and criminal remedies