Intellectual Property Law

Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Global Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law Indispensable for anyone working or studying in the field. Comprehensive without sacrificing nuance.

Estelle Derclaye, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Nottingham Clear, in-depth, insightful, comprehensive and comprehensible... a must for all serious students and researchers of IP law.

1: Introduction I. Copyright 2: Introduction to copyright 3: Subject matter 4: Criteria for protection 5: Authorship and first ownership 6: Nature of the rights 7: Duration of copyright 8: Infringement 9: Defences 10: Moral rights 11: Exploitation and use of copyright 12: Limits on exploitation 13: Rights associated with copyright II. Patents 14: Introduction to patents 15: Nature of a patent 16: Procedure for grant of a patent 17: Patentable subject matter 18: Novelty 19: Inventive step 20: Internal requirements for patentability 21: Ownership 22: Infringement 23: Exploitation 24: Rights relating to patents III. The Legal Regulation of Designs 25: How design protection arises in the United Kingdom and the European Union 26: Subject matter: the requirement that there be a design 27: Grounds for invalidity: novelty, individual character, and relative grounds 28: Ownership, exploitation, and infringement: UK registered designs, registered community designs, and unregistered community designs 29: Copyright protection for designs 30: UK unregistered design right IV. Trade Marks and Passing Off 31: Introduction to passing off and trade marks 32: Passing off 33: Misrepresentation 34: Damage 35: Trade mark registration 36: Subject matter 37: Absolute grounds for refusal 38: Relative grounds for refusal 39: Revocation 40: Infringement 41: Trade mark defences 42: Exploitation and use of trade marks 43: Geographical indications of origin V. Confidential Information 44: Is the information capable of being protected? 45: Obligation of confidence 46: Breach and defences 47: Misuse of private information VI. Litigation and Remedies 48: Litigation 49: Civil and criminal remedies