Contemporary Intellectual Property

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