Copinger and Skone James on Copyright

This first supplement updates the main text with new leglislation and expands coverage in certain areas. Recent law developments covered include four major EC directives plus the conclusion of the GATT Agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property rights. There are full discussions of; Pepper vs Hart implications for interpretation of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988 including a table of Hansard references; the EC legislative programme in the areas of copyright and related rights; the effects and likely effects of the EC programme upon the UK legislative framework and trade related aspects of intellectual property rights. This supplement also includes a full updating of case law and a table of national copyright/convention membership updated and reprinted in its entirety.