Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy

I. Introduction

1: Intellectual property law: An introduction
II. Copyright
2: Copyright 1: History, rationale, and policy context
3: Copyright 2: Subject matter, first ownership, and term
4: Copyright 3: Economic rights and infringement
5: Copyright 4: Exceptions and limitations
6: Copyright 5: Moral rights, and exploitation of copyright
7: Rights akin to copyright
III. Design Protection
8: Registered designs
9: Unregistered designs
IV. Patents
10: Patent regimes and the application process
11: Patentability
12: The power of a patent
V. Registered Trade Marks
13: Trade mark regimes and the application process
14: Definition of a registrable trade mark, and absolute grounds for refusal/invalidation and revocation
15: Relative grounds for refusal/invalidation, infringement, and defences
VI. Common Law Protection of Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, and Information
16: Passing off
17: Breach of confidence
18: Control of information
VII. Intellectual Property, Free Movement of Goods, and Competition Law in Europe
19: Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights
20: EU competition law and intellectual property
VIII. Enforcement, Remedies, and Cross Border Litigation

21: Enforcement and remedies

Abbe Brown, Professor in Intellectual Property, University of Aberdeen

Smita Kheria, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Edinburgh

Jane Cornwell, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Edinburgh

Marta Iljadica, Lecturer in Intellectual Property, University of Glasgow