Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law: Sixth Edition

ISBN-13: 9781780431246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 706 str.

David Bainbridge

Opis

This book (formerly titled: Legal Protection of Computer Software) offers up-to-date coverage and analysis of the intellectual property (IP) laws applicable to all forms of computer software. Covering copyright, database rights, patents, trademarks, design rights, and the law of confidence, the book provides coverage of IP laws in the UK, as well as EU Directives and European patents. The scope of this sixth edition has been widened due to the numerous cases before the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) recently involving the use of trademarks on the Internet, such as Interflora v Marks & Spencer, Google v Louis Vuitton, and Portakabin v Primakabin. It includes developments surrounding ISPs (Internet Service Providers) - such as injunctions against ISPs both in the UK and before the Court of Justice of the European Union - and coverage of the Digital Economy Act provisions. The book also looks at the following case law: SAS v World Programming (CJEU) (the first major case of great significance to the software industry on the scope of the Directive on the legal protection of computer software) * Football Dataco v Stan James (on copyright in databases - CJEU March 2012) * Enlarged Board of EPO (on President's reference on computer-implemented inventions) * Football Association v QC Leisure (online services and competition). Subject: Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law]

Spis treści

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 and emulating the functionality 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 The law of breach of confidence and information technology Chapter 11 Essentials of patent law Chapter 12 Patents and computer-implemented inventions Chapter 13 Essentials of trade mark law and the law of passing off Chapter 14 Trade marks, goodwill and the internet Chapter 15 Competition law Chapter 16 Jurisdiction and intellectual property aspects of information technology