Intellectual Property

David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Aston University and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln’s Inn. He is a member of the British Computer Society and the Intellectual Property Bar Association and also has an extensive background in Engineering and Information Technology.

Part One

PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS AND REMEDIES

1      Introduction to intellectual property rights

       

Part Two

COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

2      Background and basic principles           

3      Subsistence of copyright      

4      Authorship and ownership of copyright  

5      Authors’ rights           

6      Rights, infringement and remedies

7      Defences to copyright infringement and the permitted acts

8      Copyright, computer software and information technology

9      Rights in performances

 

Part Three

THE LAW OF BREACH OF CONFIDENCE

10     Law of breach of confidence 

 

Part Four

PATENT LAW

11     Patent law – background, basic principles and practical aspects

12     Requirements for patentability     

13     Ownership, dealing with patents, safety and security, and Crown use

14     Patents – infringement, remedies and criminal offences   

15     Patents – defences, groundless threats and revocation    

 

Part Five

DESIGN LAW

16     What is a design?      

17     Community design and the UK registered design     

18     The UK unregistered design right  

 

 

Part Six BUSINESS GOODWILL AND REPUTATION

 

19   Trade marks – introduction and background     

20   The UK trade mark – registrability, etc.

21   The UK trade mark – rights, infringement, defences, remedies and criminal offences  

22   Community trade mark and the Madrid System 

23     Passing off and malicious falsehood      

 

Part Seven

REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

24     Remedies for infringement of intellectual property rights

 

Part Eight

EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON IPR

25     Freedom of movement of goods and services and EU competition law

26     IPR and conflict of laws