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List of contents
- I. Foundations
- 1: An introduction to domestic and international intellectual property law
- 2: The foundations of European Union intellectual property law
- 3: Theoretical accounts of European intellectual property
- II. The Law of Patents and Allied Rights
- 4: Introduction to European patent law
- 5: The procedure for obtaining a European patent
- 6: Patentable subject matter
- 7: Secondary patentability requirements
- 8: Patent protection and exploitation
- 9: Plant variety rights and supplementary protection certificates
- III. The Law of Copyright and Related Rights
- 10: Introduction to the European law of copyright and related rights
- 11: The subsistence and ownership of copyright and related rights
- 12: The rights conferred by copyright and related rights
- 13: Copyright and related rights exceptions and limitations
- IV. The Law of Trade Marks and Allied Rights
- 14: Registration and use of the trade mark
- 15: Infringement and revocation of the trade mark
- 16: Trade marks and the free movement aspects of EU Law
- 17: Unfair competition law
- 18: Indications of geographical origin
- 19: Designs
- V. Data and Information
- 20: Introduction to rights in data and information
- 21: Database rights
- 22: Data protection and data exclusivity
- 23: Trade secrets
- VI. Enforcement and Remedies
- 24: Enforcement
- 25: Remedies
- VII. Future Trends
- 26: Future trends
Summary
European Intellectual Property Law offers a full account of the main areas of substantive European intellectual property law - including the law of copyright and related rights, patents and plant variety rights, trademarks, design rights, and rights in data and information.
Additional text
This textbook has a wide EU perspective and is by far the most comprehensive and accessible textbook available on European IP law
