Australian Intellectual Property Law
The fourth edition of Australian Intellectual Property Law provides a detailed and comprehensive, yet concise and accessible discussion of intellectual property law in Australia. This edition has been thoroughly revised to cover the most recent developments in intellectual property law, including significant case law and discussion of the proposed and enacted amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) and the Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 (Cth). The text has been restructured, but continues to provide a complete discussion of the black-letter aspects of the law. Commencing with copyright, then followed by design law, confidential information, patents, plant breeder's rights, then finally trade marks. The work ends with a chapter on enforcing legal rights and civil remedies. Written by highly-respected intellectual property law researchers this text is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and other professionals working with intellectual property.
- Offers coverage, structure and clarity of exposition with clear and concise language
- Strikes the right balance in terms of breadth of material covered and the depth in which it is explored
- Written by highly respected researchers in the field
Product details
October 2020Paperback
9781108746953
808 pages
247 × 173 × 43 mm
1.43kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Introduction
- Part II. Copyright, Designs and Related Rights:
- 2. Copyright: introduction
- 3. Copyright: subsistence
- 4. Copyright: authorship, first ownership, and nature and duration of rights
- 5. Copyright: exploitation, infringement and defences
- 6. Areas related to copyright: moral rights, performers' rights, artist's resale rights, and other related rights
- 7. Designs
- Part III: Patents:
- 8. Equitable doctrines of breach of confidence
- 9. Patents for inventions: introduction
- 10. Patents for inventions: validity
- 11. Patents for inventions: allocation of rights and ownership, the Register and dealings
- 12. Patents for inventions: exploitation, infringement and revocation
- 13. Plant breeder's rights
- Part IV. Trade Marks:
- 14. Passing off
- 15. Registered trade marks
- 16. Exploitation of registered trade marks
- Part V. Enforcement Of Rights:
- 17. Remedies and miscellaneous issues.