Full Description
This book is a must-read for any aspiring IP lawyer... it is a useful manual with accurate and current information, as and when you need it - The Law Society Gazette
Provides up-to-date coverage and analysis of the intellectual property laws applicable to all forms of computer software, placing the law in the context of computer use, examining copyright, database rights, patents, trade marks, design rights and the law of confidence.
Updates to the 8th edition include:
- a new chapter on Intellectual Property and AI
- a number of cases on FRAND licensing in relation to telecommunications standards technologies, including Unwired Planet v Huawei
- the effects of Brexit on intellectual property regulations
- developments in the EU, US and other jurisdictions
This book can either be read from cover to cover as a thorough introduction to the subjects addressed or be used as a very useful starting point for a specialist practitioner faced with a particular problem on a particular case. With this in mind, this book is an essential addition to any IT and IP practitioner's bookshelf, as well as a useful textbook for non-specialists, advanced undergraduates and taught in postgraduate IT and IP courses.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to information technology and intellectual property law
Chapter 2 Essentials of copyright law
Chapter 3 Copyright and computer programs
Chapter 4 Non-textual copying of computer programs and emulating the functions of a computer program
Chapter 5 Copyright in databases
Chapter 6 The sui generis database right
Chapter 7 Copyright in the information society
Chapter 8 Design law, computer graphics and typefaces
Chapter 9 Semiconductor topography right
Chapter 10 Confidential information, trade secrets and information technology
Chapter 11 Essentials of patent law
Chapter 12 Patents and computer-implemented inventions
Chapter 13 Intellectual property law and artificial intelligence
Chapter 14 Essentials of trade mark law and the law of passing off
Chapter 15 Trade marks, goodwill and the internet
Chapter 16 Competition law
Chapter 17 Jurisdiction and intellectual property aspects of information technology
