Guidebook to intellectual property

"This book provides an outline of the basic legal principles, educating the reader as to the shape of the law. Critically, it also gives an insight into how the system actually works. The authors deliberately avoid technicalities, keeping things simple, yet direct. There are no footnotes to distract. Although cases are, inevitably, referred to, they are explained in a pithy, accessible manner. All major areas of IP - patents, trade marks, copyright and designs - are covered, along with briefer treatment of other rights and subjects such as breach of confidence, plant varieties and databases. A novice reader should come away both with a clear outline of IP law and a feeling for how it works. Students will be able to put their more detailed study into perspective. Users will be able to understand better how IP affects them and their businesses"--

Imitation, monopoly, and control -- Courts, remedies, and legal actions -- Patent, copyright or design? -- Patents and how to get them -- Important inventions -- More about patents -- industrial designs -- Trade marks and passing off -- Trade mark registration -- Trade mark infringement -- Exceptions to trade mark infringement -- Removal from the register-Revocation and invalidity -- EU trade marks, 'international' registration and well-known marks -- Collective marks, certification marks, and geographical indications -- Passion off -- Malicious falsehood and other actions -- Introduction to copyright -- Works : the subject of copyright -- Authorship, ownership, and term of copyright -- What is infringement of copyright? -- What is not infringement? -- Dealings in copyright -- Moral and other related rights -- The criminal law and customs seizure -- Confidence and privacy -- Database right -- Reselling IP-protected goods : licence or exhaustion of rights -- Some international aspects and competition law.