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............................................................................................................................DescriptionPrevious editions of David Bainbridge's Intellectual Property have been welcomed for their accessible coverage of this complex area. This fifth edition is structured in the same logical way, bringing the book up to date with recent cases, legislation and the work of the European institutions.For each topic, the author gives an historical background to the current statutory and common law position. The text analyses the grey areas revealed as UK law contends with technological progress and European harmonisation.New features• The section on Business Goodwill and Reputation has been restructured in the light of the lessening importance of the 1938 Act, with new chapters on registration of trade marks, infringement of trade marks and European aspects of trade marks, including the Community Trade Mark.• The book now has its own Companion Web Site at www.booksites.net/bainbridge, containing updates, links to intellectual property sites, and a downloadable sample trade mark opposition case.• The Copyright section now includes: the important HoL decision in Designer's Guild v Russell Williams; important new decisions on the new database right; coverage of a Dutch case in which UK law relating to designs and copyright was applied; adoption of the Artists' Resale Right Directive; coverage of the HoL decision in Newspaper Licensing Association v Marks & Spencer.• The Patents section now includes: changes to UK patent law to provide for biotechnological patents; coverage of the dispute between Dyson and Hoover regarding patents for bagless vacuum cleaners; more coverage of exclusions to patent protection.• The Designs section now takes full account of the substantial changes to design law by the European Directive to harmonise design law, implemented by the Registered Designs Regulations 2001.• The Business Goodwill and Reputation section now includes: coverage of important cases before the ECJ on issues such as likelihood of confusion and parallel importing; coverage of UK cases that have been referred to the ECJ - including the Remington (three-headed shaver) and Arsenal football memorabilia cases; more cases and other developments on domain names, including the dispute resolution systems and other internet issues as to whether the use of trade marks as meta-tags infringes those trade marks; more cases on groundless threats of trade mark infringement actions; and more cases on the meaning of bad faith in trade marks.............................................................................................................................ContentsPart I – Preliminary1. IntroductionPart II – Copyright2. Background and basic principles3. Subsistence of copyright4. Authorship and ownership of copyright5. Moral rights6. Rights, infringement and remedies7. Defences to copyright infringement8. New technology and copyright9. European and international aspect of copyright10. Rights in performancesPart III – The Law of Breach of Confidence11. Law of breach of confidencePart IV – Patent Law12. Patent law – background, basic principles and practical aspects13. Requirements for patentability and ownership of patents14. Patents – infringement, defences and remedies15. Patents in EuropePart V – Design Law16. What is a design?17. Registered designs18. Design rightPart VI – Business Goodwill and Reputation19. Trade marks – introduction and background20. Registrable trade marks, registration and trade marks as property21. Trade Marks – Rights, Infringement, Defences and Remedies22. Trade Marks – European aspects, the Community Trade Mark and the Madrid System23. Passing offAppendices............................................................................................................................Author DetailsDavid I Baindridge is a Barrister and Reader in Law at Aston Business Schol, Aston University, and has a background in Engineering and Information Technology.............................................................................................................................
