Intellectual Property Law

Lionel Bently is Lecturer in Law at Kings College London. Brad Sherman is Professor in Law at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

1. Introduction; PART I COPYRIGHT; 2. Introduction to Copyright; 3. Subject Matter; 4. Criteria for Protection; 5. Authorship and First Ownership; 6. Nature of Rights; 7. Duration of Copyright; 8. Infringement; 9. Defences; 10. Moral Rights; 11. Exploitation and Use of Copyright; 12. Limits on Exploitation; 13. Related Rights: Performers' Rights, Database Right, Technological Measures, Rights Management Information, Public Lending Right, and the Droit De Suite; PART II PATENTS; 14. Introduction to Patents; 15. The Nature of a Patent; 16. Procedure for Grant of a Patent; 17. Patentable Subject Matter; 18. Novelty; 19. Inventive Step; 20. Internal Requirements for Patentability; 21. Ownership; 22. Infringement; 23. Patent Exploitation; 24. Rights Related to Patents; PART III THE LEGAL REGULATION OF DESIGNS; 25. Acquiring Registered Design Protection in the United Kingdom and the Community; 26. The Community Concept of Design; 27. Grounds of Invalidity: Novelty, Individual Character, and Relative Grounds; 28. The Rights of Proprietor of a UK Registered Design, A Registered Community Design, and Unregistered Community Design; 29. Copyright Protection for Designs; 30. Unregistered Design Right; PART IV TRADE MARKS AND PASSING OFF; 31. Introduction to Passing Off and Trade Marks; 32. Passing Off; 33. Misrepresentation; 34. Damage; 35. Trade Mark Registration; 36. Subject Matter; 37. Absolute Grounds for Refusal; 38. Relative Grounds for Refusal; 39. Revocation; 40. Infringement; 41. Trade Mark Defences; 42. Exploitation and Use of Trade Marks; 43. Geographical Indications of Origin; PART V CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; 44. Is the Information Capable of Being Protected; 45. Obligation of Confidence; 46. Breach, Defences and Remedies; PART VI LITIGATION AND REMEDIES; 47. Litigation; 48. Civil and Criminal Remedies