Intellectual property law : an introduction -- Copyright 1 : history, rationale and subject matter -- Copyright 2 : first ownership, moral rights and term -- Copyright 3 : economic rights and infringement -- Copyright 4 : exceptions, technical protection measures and contracts -- Rights akin to copyright : datebase right and performers' rights -- Contemporary issues in copyright -- Registered designs -- Unregistered designs -- Patent regimes and the application process -- Patentability and infringement -- Contemporary issues in patent law -- The function of a trade mark and the national, community and international regime -- Definition of a trade mark and registration -- Relative ground for refusing registration, infringement and defences -- Cotemporary issues in trade mark law -- Passing off -- Breach of confidence -- Control of information, reputation, and intellectual property -- Free movement of goods and intellectual property rights -- Intellectual property and EU competition law -- Exploitation of intellectual property rights, enforcement and remedies -- Intellectual property and international private law.
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