Intellectual Property Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (2nd Ed)

Focusing on domestic intellectual property law, while placing it firmly in its international context allows students to gain a broad and thorough understanding of IP as a global subject
Combines well-chosen excerpts from case law and secondary materials with stimulating commentary
Carefully written and developed to map closely onto intellectual property law courses
Provides a selection of relevant further reading
New to this edition

Increased author commentary in places to assist the student reader.
A new chapter on privacy, personality and publicity, which draws together these overlapping areas of the law (including character merchandising).
All chapters now include relevant legal developments relating to the Internet and digital technologies.
All chapters are updated in light of legal developments since the last edition.
This book provides a complete resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of intellectual property law. The first text of its kind in the field, it combines extracts from major cases and secondary materials with critical commentary from experienced teachers in the field.

The book deals with all areas of intellectual property law in the UK: copyright, trade marks and passing off, personality and publicity rights, character merchandising, confidential information and privacy, industrial designs, patent, procedure and enforcement. It also tackles topical areas, such as the application of IP law to new technologies and the impact of the Internet on trade marks and copyright. While the focus of the book is on IP law in a domestic context, it provides international, EU and comparative law perspectives on major issues. It also addresses the wider policy implications of legislative and judicial developments in the area.

It is an ideal resource for all students of intellectual property law who need cases, materials and commentary in a single volume.


Readership: Undergraduates taking an optional module in intellectual property law in the second or third year of a law degree. Postgraduates studying intellectual property law as part of a LLM or MA.