Contents:
Preface to the eighth edition
Table of legislation
Table of cases
Table of international agreements, conventions, and treaties
Section A Introduction
1. Themes in intellectual property
2. The international and European framework
Section B Patents
3. Origin, background, and international aspects of the patent system
4. Patentability
5. Use and grant in the UK and Europe
6. Infringement and revocation
7. Supplementary protection certificates and the unitary patent
8. Patents—an overview
Section C Copyright and Related Issues
9. An introduction to copyright
10. The various types of copyright and the quality issue
11. Qualification
12. The term of copyright
13. Authorship and ownership of copyright
14. Moral rights
15. Copyright infringement
16. Defences to copyright infringement
17. Rights in performances
18. Dealing in copyright
19. Copyright—an overview
Section D Designs
20. Design and copyright
21. Registered designs
22. Unregistered designs
23. Designs—an overview
Section E Trade Marks and other Image Rights
24. Trade marks—an introduction
25. Trade marks—registrability and use
26. Trade marks—infringement and revocation
27. Trade marks—European and international aspects
28. Tortious protection of intellectual property rights
Section F Issues in Intellectual Property
29. Confidentiality and trade secrets
30. Computer technology and intellectual property
31. Character merchandising
32. Remedies in intellectual property litigation
Index.