Intellectual property law /
L. Bently and B. Sherman.
- 4th ed.
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- cxliii, 1296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Introduction to copyright -- Subject matter -- Criteria for protection -- Authorship and first ownership -- Nature of the rights -- Duration of copyright -- Infringement -- Defences -- Moral rights -- Exploitation and use of copyright -- Limits on exploitation -- Related rights : performers' rights, database right, technological protection measures, rights management information, public lending right, and the droit de suite -- Introduction to patents -- The nature of a patent -- Procedure for grant of a patent -- Patentable subject matter -- Novelty -- Inventive step -- Internal requirements for patentability -- Ownership -- Infringement -- Exploitation -- Rights related to patents -- Acquiring registered design protection in the United Kingdom and the European Community -- The community concept of design -- Grounds for invalidity : novelty, individual character, and relative grounds -- The rights of a proprietor of a UK registered design, a registered community design, and an unregistered community design -- Copyright protection for designs -- Unregistered design right -- Introduction to passing off and trade marks -- Passing off -- Misrepresentation -- Damage -- Trade mark registration -- Subject matter -- Absolute grounds for refusal -- Relative grounds for refusal -- Revocation -- Infringement -- Trade mark defences -- Exploitation and use of trade marks -- Geographical indications of origin -- Is the information capable of being protected? -- Obligation of confidence -- Breach, defences, private nformation, and remedies -- Litigation -- Civil and criminal remedies.
Bently & Sherman's Intellectual Property Law is the definitive textbook on the subject. The authors' all-embracing approach not only clearly sets out the law in relation to copyright, patents, trade marks, passing off, and confidentiality, but also takes account of a wide range of academic opinion enabling readers to explore and make informed judgements about key principles. The particularly clear and lively writing style, coupled with images from key cases, ensures that even the most complex areas are lucid and comprehensible. A fully revised section on copyright and design takes account of the revolutionary case law of the CJEU, as well as the new exceptions for parody, quotation, data-mining, and personal copying. The latest developments in patent law are covered including the impending Unitary Patent regime for the EU. The authors analyse the most recent law on trade marks, as well as proposed EU reforms. Updates to litigation and remedies are considered alongside the criminalization of registered design infrigement under the Intellectual Property Act 2014.
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Intellectual property--Great Britain. Derecho de propiedad intelectual--Gran Bretaņa.