Intellectual Property Law Core Text 4/e (Core Texts Series) - Softcover

Davis, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199581428 ISBN 13: 9780199581429

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2012

Synopsis

As part of the Core Text Series, Intellectual Property Law provides students with an overview and clear understanding of the principles of this exciting area of the law. It covers the six key areas of patents, copyright, industrial designs, confidential information, and unregistered and registered trademarks, whilst also placing intellectual property in its wider context, recognizing the economic and social influences on its development and examining associated ethical issues.

In this book, Jennifer Davis conveys the excitement being generated as this area of the law advances into uncharted territories, whether in human creative enterprise or international commerce. Close attention is paid to changes in technology and in the global economy which have affected the law's development. The author also casts a critical eye over the constant expansion of legal protection afforded to intellectual property, and asks if this is to be welcomed.

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Review:

While undoubtedly providing a "basic understanding" of intellectual property law, this volume in fact accomplishes far more. For a student of IP ... it seems a valuable resource whether as an introduction to the subject or an aid to revision, with its content-rich, concise yet flowing style. New practitioners in this area will also appreciate it, not least for the straightforward manner in which it introduces and places into context, expressions and practices to which experienced IP lawyers refer to on a regular basis. Whichever the category of reader, they can be confident that this book will give a clear and comprehensible analysis of the subject in question with the minimal possible reading time. (Laura Phillips, European Intellectual Property Review)

About the Author:

Jennifer Davis MSc, PhD, is Fellow in Law, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Newton Trust Lecturer in Intellectual Property, University of Cambridge. She has a particular interest in trade mark law and unfair competition and has published extensively on these topics. Before joining the Faculty of Law at Cambridge, Jennifer Davis practiced as a lawyer in the area of intellectual property litigation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199581428
• ISBN 13: 9780199581429
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 456