Thomas Dreier – författare

The second edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly revised, expanded and updated in order to reflect the recent extensive changes in European IP legislation. Providing an in-depth examination of the core areas of IP law, from copyright, patents and trademarks through to the protection of plant varieties and industrial design, it is perfectly pitched to guide the reader through the complexities of the European IP system.New to this edition:Coverage of recent legislative changes since the first edition, including detail on the proposed new copyright packageNew expanded chapters on Plant Variety Rights, Industrial Designs and Geographical IndicationsNew chapter on IPRs and Unfair Competition, including Trade SecretsExpanded chapter on patents, including coverage of the unitary patent and the UPC, by new co-author and patent expert Stefan Luginbuehl.Key features:Concise and straightforward style, gives students and non-specialist practitioners a clear understanding of the fundamentals of European intellectual property lawHighlights extracts from primary sources including decisions of the CJEU and other key case law, reports, and white papersPoses questions designed to provoke critical thinking and reflection around legal problemsCovers related areas adjacent to IP law, in order to help students understand the context in which IP legislation operatesGives an overview of community and European IP rights and areas that have been harmonized at a legislative levelConsiders international IP protection and the interrelation between European and IP law more broadly in order to promote comparative study.With its detailed and comprehensive overview on the structure and content of European IP law, this textbook has proved an essential companion to both basic and advanced courses on European intellectual property across the globe.Acclaim for the first edition:'This clearly-written and comprehensive text, by two leading scholars of European intellectual property law, is extremely adaptable. It is a perfect platform for classroom teaching, and is also a fine resource for those researching in what is becoming an increasingly complex field.'- Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent University, US

The second edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly revised, expanded and updated in order to reflect the recent extensive changes in European IP legislation. Providing an in-depth examination of the core areas of IP law, from copyright, patents and trademarks through to the protection of plant varieties and industrial design, it is perfectly pitched to guide the reader through the complexities of the European IP system.New to this edition:Coverage of recent legislative changes since the first edition, including detail on the proposed new copyright packageNew expanded chapters on Plant Variety Rights, Industrial Designs and Geographical IndicationsNew chapter on IPRs and Unfair Competition, including Trade SecretsExpanded chapter on patents, including coverage of the unitary patent and the UPC, by new co-author and patent expert Stefan Luginbuehl.Key features:Concise and straightforward style, gives students and non-specialist practitioners a clear understanding of the fundamentals of European intellectual property lawHighlights extracts from primary sources including decisions of the CJEU and other key case law, reports, and white papersPoses questions designed to provoke critical thinking and reflection around legal problemsCovers related areas adjacent to IP law, in order to help students understand the context in which IP legislation operatesGives an overview of community and European IP rights and areas that have been harmonized at a legislative levelConsiders international IP protection and the interrelation between European and IP law more broadly in order to promote comparative study.With its detailed and comprehensive overview on the structure and content of European IP law, this textbook has proved an essential companion to both basic and advanced courses on European intellectual property across the globe.Acclaim for the first edition:'This clearly-written and comprehensive text, by two leading scholars of European intellectual property law, is extremely adaptable. It is a perfect platform for classroom teaching, and is also a fine resource for those researching in what is becoming an increasingly complex field.'- Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent University, US

Law and images are generally not regarded as having much in common, since law is based on textual and images are based on visual information. The paper demonstrates that quite to the contrary, legal norms can be understood as models of intended moral behaviour and hence as images, in the same way as images can be said to have a normative and hence regulatory effect. Following an interdisciplinary approach along the lines of cultural research, the paper explains how images “function” to lawyers and how the law “works” to those trained in the visual sciences. In addition, laying the foundations for a research field “Law and Images” in parallel to the well-established “Law and Literature”, the paper describes the main avenues for future research in this field. Also, the paper contains a brief systematization of images in law, of law and for law.

Rechtsfolgen unerlaubter Handlungen sind ebenso dem Güterschutz verpflichtet wie die Rechte und Verhaltensnormen, deren Verletzung sie sanktionieren. Damit entscheidet der Zweck des Güterschutzes nicht allein über die Voraussetzungen der Rechtsfolgen, sondern er beeinflußt auch deren Inhalt. Aus historischer Sicht läßt sich eine Verfeinerung des Rechtsfolgeninstrumentariums von der pönal motivierten Vergeltung und Sühne über kompensatorische hin zu präventiven Rechtsfolgen beobachten. Mithin liegt es nahe, den Gedanken der Prävention nicht mehr auf die negatorischen Rechtsfolgen beschränkt sein zu lassen, sondern ihn auch bei den auf Kompensation ausgerichteten Rechtsfolgen angemessen zu berücksichtigen. Das gilt insbesondere für die Rechtsfolgen der Verletzung ausschließlicher Rechte an immateriellen Schutzgegenständen. Denn immaterielle Schutzgegenstände weisen gegenüber materiellen Gütern charakteristische Wesensunterschiede auf, die es nicht nur bei der rechtlichen Schutzgewähr, sondern auch bei den Rechtsfolgen zu berücksichtigen gilt.Thomas Dreier verfolgt ein doppeltes Ziel: zum einen will er sich der Einheitlichkeit der Zivilrechtsordnung vergewissern; zum anderen sucht er den Schutz immaterieller Güter durch angemessene Rechtsfolgen abzusichern und damit einen Ausschnitt aus dem Recht der Informationsgesellschaft abzuhandeln.