Intellectual Property Law

TINA HART is Director of Postgraduate Academic Courses at the University of Huddersfield, UK, where she teaches Intellectual Property and Competition Law.SIMON CLARK is Head of Intellectual Property at the international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner and is a leading authority on all aspects of intellectual property law with a particular specialisation in designs. He is the secretary of the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association and a member of the Editorial Board of Copyright World, for which he regularly writes articles.LINDA FAZZANI was the former head of Intellectual Property at Berwin Leighton Paisner.

• PART I: PATENTS AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATIONPatentsPatentability (1)Patentability (2)OwnershipProtecting the PatentBreach of ConfidencePART II: TRADE MARKS AND PASSING OFFTrade MarksRegistration of Trade MarksProtection of Trade MarksPassing OffTrade Marks International ProvisionsPART III: PATENTS AND DESIGNCopyrightSubsistence (1)Subsistence (2)InfringementDefencesOwnership and Duration of Copyright, Moral Rights and Artist's Resale RightDatabase RightsPerformance RightsUnited Kingdom Unregistered Designs RightUnregistered Community Design RightUnited Kingdom and Community Registered DesignPART IV: COMPETITIONIntellectual Property and Competition Law.

'This volume provides a useful introduction to an area of law with which students often experience initial difficulty. It offers an easily comprehensible overview of the subject, enabling the reader to gain an understanding of the kinds of issue which arise.' - Professor Peter Stone, School of Law, University of Essex