Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction viii

Guided tour x

Table of cases and statutes xii

Chapter 1: Copyright subsistence 1

Chapter 2: Authorship, ownership and moral rights 19

Chapter 3: Copyright infringement, remedies and defences 37

Chapter 4: Confidentiality 59

Chapter 5: Patentability, entitlement and ownership 73

Chapter 6: Patent infringement, defences and remedies 89

Chapter 7: Design law 109

Chapter 8: Trade mark registrability 129

Chapter 9: Trade mark infringement 147

Chapter 10: Passing off 163

Chapter 11: Intellectual property, computer software and

the Internet 177

And finally, before the exam . . . 195

Glossary of terms 213

Index 219

Claire Howell is a Reader in Law at Aston University.
Benjamin Farrand is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Warwick.