Australian Intellectual Property Law

Mark J. Davison is Professor in the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies in the Faculty of Law at Monash University, Victoria, Special Counsel with Knightsbridge Lawyers and a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Ann L. Monotti is Professor in the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies in the Faculty of Law at Monash University, Victoria and the Centre's former inaugural Director. She is a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Leanne Wiseman is Associate Professor in the School of Law at Griffith University, Queensland and a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; Part II. Copyright, Designs and Related Rights: 2. Copyright: introduction; 3. Copyright: subsistence; 4. Copyright: authorship, first ownership, and nature and duration of rights; 5. Copyright: exploitation, infringement and defences; 6. Areas related to copyright: moral rights, performers' rights, artist's resale rights, and other related rights; 7. Designs; Part III: Patents: 8. Equitable doctrines of breach of confidence; 9. Patents for inventions: introduction; 10. Patents for inventions: validity; 11. Patents for inventions: allocation of rights and ownership, the Register and dealings; 12. Patents for inventions: exploitation, infringement and revocation; 13. Plant breeder's rights; Part IV. Trade Marks: 14. Passing off; 15. Registered trade marks; 16. Exploitation of registered trade marks; Part V. Enforcement Of Rights: 17. Remedies and miscellaneous issues.