Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy

Charlotte Waelde, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of ExeterGraeme Laurie, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at the University of EdinburghAbbe Brown, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of AberdeenJane Cornwell, Lecturer in Law at the University of EdinburghSmita Kheria, Lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh

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 measures, and contracts ; 6. Rights akin to copyright: database rights and performers rights ; 7. Current issues in copyright ; PART III: DESIGN PROTECTION ; 8. Registered designs ; 9. Unregistered 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 natioal, community, and international regime ; 14. Definitions 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 ; 19. Control of information, reputation and intellectual property ; PART VII: THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION ; 20. Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights ; 21. Intellectual property and EU competition law ; PART VIII: EXPLOITATION, ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES, AND CROSS BORDER LITIGATION ; 22. Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement, and remedies ; 23. Intellectual property and international private law