Guidebook to intellectual property / Sir Robin Jacob and Matthew Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Robin, author.

Fisher, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property--Great Britain.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Hart Publishing, 2022

Summary:

"This book is a classic... its style and content remain invaluable." Simon Stokes, Entertainment Law Review This is the new edition of a unique book about intellectual property. It is for those new to the subject, both law students and others such as business people needing some idea of the subject. It 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. You cannot understand chess by merely learning the rules - you also have to know how the game is played: so too with intellectual property. 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 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Introduction

1. Imitation, Monopoly and Control

2. Courts, Remedies and Legal Actions

3. Patent, Copyright or Design? Part II Protecting the Product

4. Patents and How to Get Them

5. Important Inventions

6. More About Patents

7. Industrial Designs Part III Trade Marks, Passing-Off and Unfair Competition

8. Trade Marks and Passing-Off

9. Trade Mark Registration

10. Trade Mark Infringement

11. Exceptions to Trade Mark Infringement

12. Removal from the Register- Revocation and Invalidity

13. Community Marks, International Registration of Marks and Well-Known Marks

14. Collective and Certification Marks

15. Passing-Off

16. Malicious Falsehood Part IV Copyright and Related Rights

17. Introduction to Copyright

18. Works the Subject of Copyright

19. Ownership of Copyright

20. What is Infringement of Copyright?

21. What is not Infringement?

22. Dealings in Copyright

23. Moral and Other Related Rights Part V Miscellaneous Matters

24. The Criminal Law

25. Confidence and Privacy

26. Database Right

27. The European Community - Free Movement and Competition

28. Some Aspects of the International Law of Intellectual Property

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Jacob, Robin Guidebook to Intellectual Property

ISBN:

9781509948703

1509948708

9781509948680

1509948686

OCLC:

1291223281