Intellectual Property Law

by Lionel Bently (Author), Brad Sherman (Author), Lionel Bently (Author), Brad Sherman (Author)

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  2004

  $3.36

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.36

  This new textbook on the increasingly topical subject of intellectual property law provides students with a basic understanding of the law of copyright, patents and designs, trademarks, passing-off, and confidentiality. After a general introductory analysis of the concept of intellectual property, there is a clear and comprehensive exposition of the ways in which intellectual property rights are acquired, infringed, and exploited. The text concludes with a general treatment of enforcement of intellectual property rights, litigation, and remedies. The accepted classifications of intellectual property, together with recent extensions of intellectual property rights (databases, plant breeders' rights, supplementary protection certificates etc), are discussed in full. The authors also examine the international, and regional sources of this area of the law, including international treaties, TRIPs, and EC initiatives, as well as the more familiar domestic rules and regulations. In turn, the text integrates the jurisprudence of UK tribunals with the case law of the EPO, the OHIM, the CFI and the ECJ. Intellectual Property Law is a clear, comprehensive, and fully up to date account of this fascinating and rapidly developing area of the law. It will be vital reading for all those studying intellectual property law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.