Intellectual Property

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ISBN: 9780198765011 | 0198765010
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/11/2007

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This book offers a core concept of intellectual property, considers a range of justifications for the recognition of intellectual property rights, and explores their operation in a number of key areas.

Table of Cases	p. xi
Table of Legislation	p. xxix
International Conventions and Treaties	p. xlvii
The Concept of Intellectual Property	p. 1
The Scope and Structure of this Book	p. 2
Thumb-Nail Outlines of Copyright, Patent, Trade Mark, and Database Right	p. 6
Copyright	p. 6
Patent	p. 7
Trade mark	p. 9
Database right	p. 11
The Concept of Intellectual Property	p. 12
A right that can be treated as property	p. 13
... to control particular uses	p. 16
... of a specific type of intangible asset	p. 21
Such rights are granted when the particular intangible asset can be attributed to an individual creator or identifiable group of creators, the creator(s) being presumptively entitled to the right	p. 25
They are enforced strictly and by both civil and criminal law	p. 29
Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition	p. 36
No general norm against unfair competition	p. 36
No general action against misrepresentation, denigration or misappropriation	p. 37
Intellectual property and the norms of unfair competition	p. 41
The Justification of Intellectual Property	p. 43
Creator-Centred Justifications	p. 45
The argument from creation	p. 46
The argument from desert	p. 47
The argument from personhood	p. 49
The argument from autonomy	p. 52
User-Centred Justifications	p. 58
The argument from harm	p. 58
The argument from misrepresentation	p. 60
The argument from unjust enrichment	p. 61
Community-Centred Justifications	p. 63
The orthodox argument	p. 63
Is protection always necessary?	p. 66
Are the current regimes structured to provide for the creation, dissemination, and efficient exploitation of their subject matter?	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 73
The Protection of Creative Assets	p. 74
Proprietary Rights: Copyright	p. 79
Subject matter	p. 79
First ownership	p. 95
The scope of protection	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 120
Proprietary Rights: The Public Lending Right	p. 120
Proprietary Rights: The Publication Right	p. 121
Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Rights: Rights in Performances	p. 122
Non-Proprietary Rights: Moral Rights	p. 123
The paternity right	p. 125
The right against false attribution	p. 126
The integrity right	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 132
Non-Proprietary Rights: Artist's Resale Right ('Droit De Suite')	p. 134
Non-Proprietary Rights: Technological Protection Measures	p. 136
The Protection of Technology Assets	p. 138
Proprietary Rights: Patent	p. 144
Subject matter	p. 148
First ownership	p. 190
The scope of protection	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 212
Proprietary Rights: UK Design Right	p. 213
Subject matter	p. 216
First ownership	p. 219
The scope of protection	p. 219
Conclusion: utility model protection	p. 220
The Protection of Marketing Assets	p. 222
The expanding concept of the brand	p. 223
The brand as product	p. 224
Non-Proprietary Rights: Passing Off	p. 230
The requirement of goodwill	p. 231
Misrepresentation	p. 235
Damage	p. 242
Reverse passing off	p. 244
Proprietary Rights: Registered Trade Marks	p. 245
Subject matter	p. 247
First ownership	p. 263
The scope of protection	p. 264
Proprietary Rights: Collective and Certification Marks, Designations of Origin, Geographical Indications, and Traditional Specialities Guaranteed	p. 283
Collective and certification marks	p. 283
Designations of origin, geographical indications, and traditional specialities guaranteed	p. 284
Proprietary Rights: Registered Designs and Community Design Right	p. 287
Subject matter	p. 289
First ownership	p. 292
The scope of protection	p. 292
Conclusion	p. 294
The Protection of Information Assets	p. 295
Non-Proprietary Rights: Confidential Information	p. 295
Confidential information	p. 298
Circumstances importing an obligation of confidence	p. 302
Unauthorized use of the information and detriment	p. 308
Defences	p. 311
Conclusion	p. 313
Proprietary Rights: Database Right	p. 314
Subject matter	p. 315
First ownership	p. 318
The scope of protection	p. 319
Conclusion	p. 325
Index	p. 327
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