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Contemporary Intellectual Property Law and Policy
By
Hector MacQueen, Charlotte Waelde, and Graeme Lau
Description
* Provides the undergraduate
student with a modern introduction to intellectual property law, by
providing a solid account of the substantive law, with a strong focus
on analysising the current controversies and the pressures and
policies which drive them
* Written in a fresh and accessible
style. The authors make full use of images, diagrams and charts to
bring the subject alive for the student. Each chapter is clearly
structured, with a list of learning outcomes and highlighted key
concepts. Exercises and questions are employed throughout to
challenge the student to think more deeply about the subject and
consider wider policy issues
* Offers critical commentary on the
tensions that arise for intellectual property law as a result of
influences from other policy areas, such as the single European
Market, Human Rights discources, and Libertarians, who challenge the
very notion of personal property rights
* Explores intellectual property
law as an organic and developing discipline - evaluates the success
with which intellectual property law has responded to new challenges
* A companion website will
complement the book by providing further learning tools including
pointers for answering questions in the book, annotated web links and
twice-yearly updates on key developments
This important new book offers a unique
perspective on intellectual property law unrivalled among
intellectual property textbooks available today. Beyond providing a
thorough and up-to-date account of intellectual property law, the
text examines the complex policies that inform and guide modern IP
law at the domestic (including Scottish), European and international
levels, giving the reader a true insight into the discipline and the
shape of things to come. The focus is on contemporary challenges to
intellectual property law and policy and the reader is encouraged to
engage critically with the subject matter.
This book is written with the
undergraduate firmly in mind and the authors make extensive use of
practical examples, exercises and visual aids throughout the text to
enliven the subject and stimulate the reader.
The book is accompanied by a web site
where students and lecturers alike can access updates on major
developments in the law, guidance on answering the discussion points
provided in the book, web links and further reading.
Readership: The book would be a
useful complement to modules offered in a number of courses at both
undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including modules in a broader
Commercial law course or components in a modular MBA degree.
Because the book assumes no knowledge
on the part of the reader, it should also interest non-law students
undertaking studies in areas that increasingly require an
understanding of intellectual property law. This potentially covers a
broad range of disciplines across the arts, humanities, science,
medicine and technology.
Outside the formal teaching
environment, the book would serve as a useful primer for anyone
seeking a grasp of the fundamentals of any part of intellectual
property law. Once again, the range of potentially interested
professionals is very wide and includes archivists, librarians,
members of the music, TV and film industries, IT professionals,
designers, engineers, scientists and geneticists.
Intellectual property law courses are
offered in countries across the globe and so there is potentially a
significant export market for this book.
Contents
Part I Introduction
1. Intellectual property law: an
introduction
Part II Copyright
2. Copyright 1: history, rationale and
subject-matter
3. Copyright 2: first ownership, moral
rights and term
4. Copyright 3: economic rights and
infringement
5. Copyright 4: exceptions, technical
protection measure, and contracts
6. Rights akin to copyright: database
and performers\\\' rights
7. Contemporary issues in copyright
Part III Design Protection
8. Registered designs
9. Un-registered designs
Part IV Patents
10. Patent regimes and the application
process
11. Patentability and infringement
12. Contemporary issues in patent law
Part V Registered Trade Marks
13. The function of a trade mark and
the national, community and international regime
14. Definition of a trade mark and
registration
15. Relative ground for refusing
registration, infringement and defences
16. Contemporary issues in trade mark
law
Part VI Common Law Protection of
Intellectual Property
17. Passing off
18. Breach of Confidence
Part VII The European Dimension
19. Free movement of goods and
intellectual property rights
20. Intellectual property rights and EU
competition law
Part VIII Exploitation, Enforcement,
Remedies and Cross Border Litigation
21. Exploitation of intellectual
property rights, enforcement and remedies
22. Intellectual property and
international private law
Authors, editors, and contributors
Hector MacQueen, University of
Edinburgh,
Charlotte Waelde, University of
Edinburgh, and
Graeme Laurie, University of
Edinburgh
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