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............................................................................................................................ Description "The book is essential for all serious students of the field." EIPR "This book continues to be one of the key titles in this field." New Law Journal • Provides up-to-date and authoritative coverage of the whole spectrum of IP law as it applies to the UK • Goes through the main types of IP chapter by chapter, making it easy for the reader to find what they are looking for • Explains what the different types are and the common grounds they share • Includes chapters on IP rights under EU law, IP and personal privacy, IP and digital technology, IP and biotechnology • Enables understanding of the text with supporting cases, references and explanatory narrative putting everything into context • Draws on legislation from UK, EU and international sources • Includes coverage of key legislative developments including EPC 2000, Community Designs, implementation of Information Society Directive • Extensive case coverage including recent key cases: Kirin-Amgen, Douglas v Hello, British Horse Racing Board v Hill and a great splay of decisions on trade mark law • Contains tables including European Legislation and International Treaties, Conventions and Agreements ............................................................................................................................ Contents Part I – Common Ground 1. Starting Points 2. The Enforcement of Rights Part II – Patents 3. Growth and Purpose of Patents 4. The Patents Grant and Content 5. Validity 6. Scope of Monopoly 7. Property Rights and Exploitation Part III – Confidence and Personal Privacy 8. Confidential Information 9. Personal Privacy Part IV – Copyright and Designs 10. Range and Aims of Copyright 11. Subsistence of Copyright 12. Infringement of Copyright and Moral Rights 13. Property Rights and Exploitation 14. Copyright: Particular Cases 15. Industrial Design Part V – Trade Marks and Names 16. Competitor and Consumer 17. Common Law Liability 18. Registered Trade Marks Part VI – The European Dimensions and New Technologies 19. Intellectual Property in the European 20. Digital Technology: Computers and the Internet 21. Intellectual Property in Biotechnology Appendices Appendix 1 – Competition Law and Intellectual Property: Note on Institutions and Some Substantive Rules Appendix 2 - Joint Interest in Marks, Names and Symbols Appendix 3 – Protection of Plant Varieties Index ............................................................................................................................ Author Details William Cornish, Formerly Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law University of Cambridge; and David Llewelyn - Partner, White & Case, London; Professor, King's College London; Director, IP Academy Singapore ............................................................................................................................
