A Guidebook to Intellectual Property

Imitation, monopoly and control; patents, copyright or design?; patents and how to get them; how much use are patents?; important interventions; Crown rights and security; industrial designs; different degrees of protection; what registered marks are for; how to register a mark; pitfalls in trade mark law; certification trade marks; the law of passing-off; slander of goods; the criminal law; introduction to copyright; works the subject of copyright; the ownership of copyright; what is infringement; what is not infringement; dealings in copyright; confidence; moral rights; the European Community - free movement and competition; some international aspects of intellectual property law; miscellaneous, future developments.