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The structure of this edition is built around four fundamental rights: copyright; moral rights; rights performance; and rights in design. It contains chapters on industry exploitation of rights, collecting societies and control of rights. In addition, treatment is given to the other complimentary rights which impinge on this field: the database right and its relation to compilation copyright; the publication right; the public lending right; rights of confidence as an added protection for unpublished works; goodwill; stopping the circumvention of copy protection devices in the digital age; fraudulent reception of transmissions in the context of the explosion of broadcasting services; and semiconductor topography right and how it relates to design right.
Explains how intangible assets such as contractual debts or equitable entitlements may be assigned under English law.
The definitive media law guide for journalists and students alike. The only media law text endorsed by the NCTJ, McNae's offers unrivalled practical guidance on a wide range of reporting situations - an invaluable tool throughout your journalism career.
A User's Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off, 4th edition focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights including registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and Passing off. There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together. Includes the following case law: Illustrative cases such as Lush, Scrabble, Starbucks, Glee Club and Jack Wills; Cadbury and what it means for registering colours as trade marks; How to tack...
This is the latest in an important series of reviews going back to 1928. The book contains 28 chapters, written by experts in their field, and reviews developments in the principal aspects of British librarianship and information work in the years 2011-2015.
Focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights. This includes registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and passing off. There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together. Individual topics covered include: Kit-Kat - when can 3D shape marks benefit from 'acquired distinctiveness'? Whether colours may form part of 3D shape marks - Louboutin Infringement by 'wrong way round' confusion Limitations on the own-name defence Calculation of damages, and the availability of blocking injunctions
Examining how trade agreements are interpreted both in trade tribunals and in the United Kingdom, this innovative book provides a well-rounded exploration of the numerous UK free trade agreements, including the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and their legal and policy implications for intellectual property.
This edited collection seeks to map the landscape of contemporary informational interests, to evaluate a range of recognised and putative rights and wrongs associated with modern information societies, and to consider how law, regulation, and governance should be deployed in response. New technologies and new applications constantly disrupt our values, our framing of our world, and our sense of where we are and who we are. In our ‘information societies’, we entertain mixed hopes and expectations, as well as significant fears and concerns. At the root of these, there are a number of informational interests, on the basis of which certain rights are claimed and particular wrongs denounced. ...
This comprehensive and innovative Research Handbook tackles the pressing issues confronting us at the dawn of the global network society, including freedom of speech, government transparency and the digital divide. Engaging with controversial problems of public policy including freedom of expression, copyright and information inequality, the Research Handbook on Information Policy offers a well-rounded exploration of the history and future of this vital field.