Tritton on Intellectual Property in Europe

Intellectual Property in Europe deals with the whole range of laws and regulations affecting IP in Europe, offering extensive commentary and all the information you need in a single, reliable source.

The new edition offers unrivalled coverage of patents, copyright, designs, trademarks and plant varieties at an international regional and European Union level considering the practicalities of each dimension are considered, as well as the substantive law.

The new edition:

The 1st Supplement was published in November 2015
The Main Work was published in November 2014
Provides unrivalled coverage of the law of patents, copyright, designs, trademarks and plant varieties as relevant to the European practitioner
Discusses topical areas of EU IP law such as the Unitary Patent, the new Technology Transfer Block Exemption, and CJEU case law in the field of trade marks
Offers expert commentary on the substantive law of IP while also assessing its interaction with the provisions of the EU treaties in the area of free movement of goods, competition law, enforcement and border controls
Includes an in-depth examination of the various functions of trade marks
Features a fully updated chapter on Jurisdiction, taking account of case law in the difficult area of online infringement and the new 2015 Jurisdiction Regulation
Offers an extensive review of all EU and EPO case law and legislation in all areas of intellectual property law
Examines implications of new EU patent and Unified Patent Court
Foreword by Judge Christopher Vajda, Court of Justice of the European Union