Intellectual property - Bainbridge, David I. (Harlow, England ; New York : Longman Pearson, 2018)
Introduction -- Background and basic principles -- Subsistence of copyright -- Authorship and ownership of copyright -- Authors' rights -- Rights, infringement and remedies -- Defences to copyright infringement and the permitted acts -- Copyright and computer software -- Rights in performances -- Law of breach of confidence -- Patent law : background, basic principles and practical aspects -- Requirements for patentability -- Ownership, dealing with patents, safety and security, and Crown use -- Patents : infringement, remedies and criminal offences -- Patents : defences, groundless threats and revocation -- What is a design? -- Community design and the UK registered design -- The UK unregistered design right -- Trade marks : introduction and background -- The UK trade mark : registrability, surrender, revocation and invalidity, property rights and registration -- The UK trade mark : rights, infringement, limitations and defences, remedies and criminal offences -- Community trade mark and the Madrid system -- Passing off and malicious falsehood -- Freedom of movement of goods and EC competition law -- IPR and conflict of laws.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 913-915) and index.
Keywords: Intellectual property -- Great Britain