Intellectual property law / L. Bently ... [et al.]

CONTENTS INCLUDES:

1: Introduction
PART I Copyright
2 Introduction to copyright
3 Subject matter
4 Criteria for protection
5 Authorship and first ownership
6 Nature of the rights
7 Duration of copyright
8 Infringement
9 Defenses
10 Moral rights
11 Exploitation and use of copyright
12 Limits on exploitation
13 Rights associated with copyright

PART II Patents
14 Introduction to patents
15: Nature of a patent16: Procedure for grant of a patent
17: Patentable subject matter18: Novelty
19: Inventive step20: Internal requirements for patentability
21: Ownership
22: Infringement
23: Exploitation
24: Rights relating to patents

PART III The Legal Regulation of Designs
25: How design protection arises in the United Kingdom and the European Union
26: Subject matter: the requirement that there be a design
27: Grounds for invalidity: novelty, individual character, and relative grounds
28: Ownership, exploitation, and infringement: UK registered designs, registered community designs, and unregistered community designs
29: Copyright protection for designs
30: UK unregistered design right

PART IV Trade Marks and Passing Off
31: Introduction to passing off and trade marks
32: Passing off33: 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 defenses
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 and defenses
47: Misuse of private information
PART VI Litigation and Remedies
48: Litigation
49: Civil and criminal remedies

Includes bibliographical references and index.