Intellectual Property - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862876770 ISBN 13: 9781862876774

Publisher: Federation Press, 2008

Synopsis

Intellectual Property: Text and essential cases takes the reader to the forefront of this dynamic area of law. As in previous editions it provides a comprehensive, in-depth and engaging exposition of the principles of Intellectual Property Law and selected case extracts that illustrate the law's evolution and challenges. It covers Copyright, Moral Rights, Performers Protection, Patents, Trade Marks, Passing Off and related actions, Designs, Plant Breeder's Rights, Circuit Layouts and Confidential Information. The book includes extracts from the most important cases in the field as well as helpful tables to guide the reader through the legislation.

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Review

Written as a textbook and primarily for students, this volume enshrines the leading Australian cases, and a discussion of principles applicable to this area of law. ... The function of this book is to expose students to the fundamental principles of intellectual property law: identification of the property, classification of its character, and protection of its form. It provides a useful analysis of principle including a good discussion on the emerging area [at least in Australia] of business methods patents. All of the traditional classifications are discussed: copyright [including 'moral rights'], Trademarks, Patents, Design, Plant Breeders Rights, Circuit layouts, Trade Secrets and confidential information. ... the good sprinkling of cases, which appears here, provides a useful starting point for analysis. ... This is a useful text. It is properly described as "current" in its discussion of issues in a modern context: for example copyright and the Internet, parallel importation issues, and as I have noted the "business method" patent. At the same time it provides an adequate discussion of the historical development of the rights discussed. That history gives the reader a useful perspective in considering the current state of the law in this field. Practitioners working in the area will probably not rush out and buy this, and those who don't practice in this field will need more than this to provide a foundation for advising clients. In fairness however, that view [which is articulated because of the readership of this newsletter] misses the point. This is a student text and in that category it is an excellent overview of this fascinating area of law. - Tasmanian Law Society Newsletter, November 2003

Edition details

• Publisher: Federation Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862876770
• ISBN 13: 9781862876774
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 750