Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property

Presents readers with the leading and illustrative IP decisions from the UK courts, the European Patent Office, the Community Trade Mark and Designs Office and the European Court of Justice.

• Case reports are edited to bring out the kernel of the decision
• Contains an up-to-date collection of the major legislative materials in IP law, drawn from the UK, EU and international conventions
• Includes comprehensive tables including a table of European Legislation and a table of International Treaties and Conventions
• Written by Professor William Cornish, one of the most highly respected academic voices on intellectual property law

• Validity
• Infringement
• Ownership and dealings

• Extent of obligation

• Categories of protected work
• Duration
• Infringement
• Copyright tribunal
• Rights in performances
• Database right

• Liability at common law: passing off and injurious falsehood
• Registered trade marks

• Treaty and convention provisions
• Free movement of goods and intellectual property
• Free provision of services and intellectual property
• Application of rules of competition to intellectual property

• Civil actions
• Customs authorities

"... contains all the cases they (students) need in a clear and well ordered format. I would recommend any firm with an intellectual property section of its library to include this book on its shelves." New Law Journal