| Description |
lxi, 630 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Common Ground. 1. Starting points -- 2. The enforcement of rights. Part II: Patents. 3. Growth and purpose of patents -- 4. The patent: grant and content -- 5. Validity -- 6. Scope of monopoly -- 7. Property rights and exploitation. Part III: Confidence. 8. Confidential information. Part IV: Copyright. 9. Range of aims and copyright -- 10. Subsistence of copyright -- 11. Infringement of copyright -- 12. Property rights and exploitation -- 13. Copyright: particular cases. Part V: Trade Marks and Names. 14. Competitor and consumer -- 15. Common law liability -- 16. Registered trade marks -- 17. Trade marks and the EEC. Appendices. 1. Control of monopolies and restricitve practices: note on institutions and some substantive rules -- 2. "Old" patents -- 3. Registered designs -- 4. Protection of plant varieties -- 5. Joint interests in marks |
| Summary |
The technological revolution of the late twentieth century has presented enormous problems in the field of intellectual property. Not only have photocopiers and tape recorders provided ample scope for the infringement of well recognised rights but also the devisers of such elusive properties as computer software have sought protection in the field of intellectual property law. This book attempts to tackle the whole range of intellectual property as it applies in the United Kingdom within the pages of a single volume. Emphasis is placed throughout the book on the way in which the law has developed and on the prospects for future change. Following an introduction which covers both the historical development of intellectual property rights and the techniques for their enforcement, the book divides into sections dealing with patents for inventions, copyright, confidential information, and trade marks and names. The developing European dimension to intellectual property law is proof of the tremendous economic significance of protecting commercial information. The European Patent Convention has been put into operation; there are proposals for a Community trade mark, for harmonisation of copyright and national trade mark laws. At the same time there are tensions created by the clash of those policies designed to cope with distortions of competition and trade barriers on the one hand, and those protecting the fruits of intellectual labour on the other |
| Analysis |
Intellectual property European Economic Community countries |
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Intellectual property Great Britain |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Copyright -- Europe.
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Intellectual property -- European Economic Community countries.
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Intellectual property -- Great Britain.
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Patents -- Europe.
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Trademarks -- Europe.
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| LC no. |
81148245 |
| ISBN |
0421243104 |
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0421243309 (paperback) |
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(cased) |
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(paperback) |
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