Intellectual Property Law /
Lionel Bently
Intellectual Property Law / Lionel Bently, Brad Sherman - 3rd ed. - United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2008. - cxix, 1144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Previous edition: 2004.
Subject matter --
Criteria for protection --
Authorship and first ownership --
Nature of the right --
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.
"This edition includes further illustrations and diagrams to help aid reader understanding and illustrate key concepts; includes a sample patent application to help students understand this particularly complex topic; takes account of the latest changes in the field, including the implementation of performers' moral rights, the implementation of the EC enforcement directive, and the EC directive on artists' resale royalty; examines developments in case law at the ECJ, particularly in relation to trade marks and databases; and accomodates developments in TRIPS interpretation." "This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates taking an optional module in intellectual property law in the second or third year of their LLB (usually third year). Postgraduates studying intellectual property law. Also appeals to practitioners, and so should be included in the practitioner catalogue."--Jacket.
9780199292042
346.41048
Intellectual Property Law / Lionel Bently, Brad Sherman - 3rd ed. - United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2008. - cxix, 1144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Previous edition: 2004.
Subject matter --
Criteria for protection --
Authorship and first ownership --
Nature of the right --
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.
"This edition includes further illustrations and diagrams to help aid reader understanding and illustrate key concepts; includes a sample patent application to help students understand this particularly complex topic; takes account of the latest changes in the field, including the implementation of performers' moral rights, the implementation of the EC enforcement directive, and the EC directive on artists' resale royalty; examines developments in case law at the ECJ, particularly in relation to trade marks and databases; and accomodates developments in TRIPS interpretation." "This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates taking an optional module in intellectual property law in the second or third year of their LLB (usually third year). Postgraduates studying intellectual property law. Also appeals to practitioners, and so should be included in the practitioner catalogue."--Jacket.
9780199292042
346.41048