Intellectual Property Law
2nd Edition
Published on 1. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
1232 pages
978-0-19-926430-8 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition of Bently & Sherman's Intellectual Property Law provides a balanced and readable treatment of the core areas of this subject, making it ideal for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It sets out clearly the law relating to copyright, patents, designs, trademarks, passing off, confidentiality, privacy and publicity. After a general introductory analysis of the concept of intellectual property and its historical context, there is a comprehensive exposition of the ways in which intellectual property rights are acquired, infringed and exploited.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduates studying intellectual property in the second of third year of their degree. Also, postgraduates taking intellectual property as part of their masters degree. IP lawyers and Patent Agents will also find this book of interest.
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-926430-8 (9780199264308)
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Lionel Bently | Brad Sherman
Intellectual Property Law
Book
09/2008
3rd Edition
Oxford University Press
€53.22
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Persons
LIONEL BENTLY, King's College, London, and BRAD SHERMAN, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Content
1. Introduction; PART I COPYRIGHT; 2. Introduction to Copyright; 3. Subject Matter; 4. Criteria for Protection; 5. Authorship and First Ownership; 6. Nature of Rights; 7. Duration of Copyright; 8. Infringement; 9. Defences; 10. Moral Rights; 11. Exploitation and Use of Copyright; 12. Limits on Exploitation; 13. Related Rights: Performers' Rights, Database Right, Technological Measures, Rights Management Information, Public Lending Right, and the Droit De Suite; PART II PATENTS; 14. Introduction to Patents; 15. The Nature of a Patent; 16. Procedure for Grant of a Patent; 17. Patentable Subject Matter; 18. Novelty; 19. Inventive Step; 20. Internal Requirements for Patentability; 21. Ownership; 22. Infringement; 23. Patent Exploitation; 24. Rights Related to Patents; PART III THE LEGAL REGULATION OF DESIGNS; 25. Acquiring Registered Design Protection in the United Kingdom and the Community; 26. The Community Concept of Design; 27. Grounds of Invalidity: Novelty, Individual Character, and Relative Grounds; 28. The Rights of Proprietor of a UK Registered Design, A Registered Community Design, and Unregistered Community Design; 29. Copyright Protection for Designs; 30. Unregistered Design Right; PART IV TRADE MARKS AND PASSING OFF; 31. Introduction to Passing Off and Trade Marks; 32. Passing Off; 33. Misrepresentation; 34. Damage; 35. Trade Mark Registration; 36. Subject Matter; 37. Absolute Grounds for Refusal; 38. Relative Grounds for Refusal; 39. Revocation; 40. Infringement; 41. Trade Mark Defences; 42. Exploitation and Use of Trade Marks; 43. Geographical Indications of Origin; PART V CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; 44. Is the Information Capable of Being Protected; 45. Obligation of Confidence; 46. Breach, Defences and Remedies; PART VI LITIGATION AND REMEDIES; 47. Litigation; 48. Civil and Criminal Remedies