Intellectual Property Law Core Text

Description

This book provides students with an excellent foundation in intellectual property law. Focussing on six main areas of patents, copyright, industrial designs, confidential information, and unregistered/registered trademarks, it places the topic in its wider context, examining technological developments, globalisation, as well as key ethical issues.

• Concise and focussed, this book condenses the subject, concentrating on core principles helping students to understand the topic, without compromising its academic integrity. Written by a high calibre academic who places the main issues and development of intellectual property law in their larger context: social, technological, global, and ethical
• Includes a chapter on industrial designs, a key aspect of intellectual property law that is often overlooked in other student texts
• Includes self-test questions to help consolidate student learning. Sample answers are now available on the new Online Resource Centre
• Chapters begin with a summary box clearly setting out chapter content, adding to the user-friendly nature of the book.
• Further reading lists assist and encourage students to seek a deeper understanding of the subject

New to this edition

• Further in-depth coverage of Performer's Rights to reflect the increasing relevance and importance of this interesting topic
• Additional international article references in the Further Reading lists guide students to a more global appreciation of the subject
• An exciting new Online Resource Centre, containing updates, weblinks, and a sample patent application. This new resource also includes answers to a selection of the questions in the book as a check for students once they have attempted the questions

About the Author(s)

Jennifer Davis, Newton Trust Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge

Jennifer Davis MSc, PhD, is Fellow in Law, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Newton Trust Lecturer in Intellectual Property, University of Cambridge. She has a particular interest in trade mark law and unfair competition and has published extensively on these topics. Before joining the Faculty of Law at Cambridge, Jennifer Davis practised as a lawyer in the area of intellectual property litigation.

Table of Contents

1.: An introduction to intellectual property
2.: Copyright
3.: Confidential information
4.: Passing off
5.: Trade marks
6.: Patents
7.: Industrial design
Index

Reviews

"While undoubtedly providing a "basic understanding" of intellectual property law, this volume in fact accomplishes far more. For a student of IP ... it seems a valuable resource whether as an introduction to the subject or an aid to revision, with its content-rich, concise yet flowing style. New practitioners in this area will also appreciate it, not least for the straightforward manner in which it introduces and places into context, expressions and practices to which experienced IP lawyers refer to on a regular basis. Whichever the category of reader, they can be confident that this book will give a clear and comprehensible analysis of the subject in question with the minimal possible reading time." - Laura Phillips, European Intellectual Property Review