Intellectual Property Law

Paul Torremans, Licentiaat in de Rechten (KU Leuven), Licentiaat in het Notariaat (Examencommissie van de Staat, Leuven), Geaggregeerde voot het HSO en het HOTK in de Rechten (KU Leuven, LLM (Leicester), Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Nottingham

SECTION A; Introduction; 1. Themes in intellectual property; SECTION B; Patents; 2. Origin, background and international aspects of the patent system; 3. Patentability; 4. Use and grant in the UK and Europe; 5. Infringement and revocation; 6. Supplementary protection certificates and the proposed utility model and community patent; 7. Section B - an overview; SECTION C; Copyright and related issues; 8. Introduction to copyright; 9. The various types of copyright and the quality issue; 10. Qualification; 11. The term of copyright; 12. Authorship and ownership of copyright; 13. Moral rights; 14. Copyright infringement; 15. Defences to copyright infringement; 16. Rights in performances; 17. Dealing in copyright; 18. Copyright - an overview; SECTION D; Designs; 19. Designs and copyright; 20. Registered designs; 21. Unregistered designs; 22. Designs - an overview; SECTION E; Image rights; 23. Trade marks - an introduction; 24. Trade marks - trademarkability and use; 25. Trade marks - infringement and revocation; 26. Trade marks - European and international aspects; 27. Tortious protection of intellectual property rights; SECTION F; Issues in intellectual property; 28. Confidentiality and trade secrets; 29. Computer technology and intellectual property; 30. Character merchandising; 31. Franchising and intellectual property; 32. Remedies in intellectual property litigation; Postscript; Index