IP and other things : a collection of essays and speeches / Robin Jacob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Robin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property--Great Britain.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Ore. : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is a unique book about Intellectual Property. It is aimed not only at law students studying the subject but also at interested users of IP - business people, inventors, scientists, designers and the like. It provides an outline of the basic legal principles which underpin and reguilate the subject, educating the reader as to the shape of the law. However, critically, it also gives insight into how the system actually works. You cannot understand chess by merely learning the rules - you also have to know how the game is played: so too with Intellectual Property. To achieve its object 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. The authors try wherever possible to be both serious and light-hearted at the same time. 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 of this book 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. I. Introduction

pt. II. General non-IP

pt. III. General IP

pt. IV. Patents

pt. V. Trade marks

pt. VI. Copyright

pt. VII. Forewords and prefaces

pt. VIII. Personal

pt. IX. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474201834

1474201830

9781782254973

1782254978

OCLC:

919495719