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Intellectual Property: Text and Essential Cases continues to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date legal analysis of modern intellectual property law.
This edition considers important new cases which expose the ever expanding reach of intellectual property law in Australia. From breast cancer gene sequencing to plain tobacco packaging, from the Kookaburra song to mobile league coverage and the moral rights of celebrities – this is a field of law which continues to challenge courts, legislators and the community.
Acknowledgments
Statement of Currency
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
PART I INTRODUCTION
Opening Your Eyes to IP
PART II COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
Copyright – Its Birth and Nature
Subsistence of Copyright
Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner, Actions and Offences
Defences and Statutory Licences
Dealing with Copyright
Moral Rights, Performers’ Protection, Resale Royalty Rights, and Indigenous Cultural Property
PART III PATENTS
The Patent System
Elements of Patentability
Patents – Rights, Infringement and Dealing
Biotechnology Patents
PART IV PASSING OFF, TRADE MARKS AND RELATED ACTIONS
Passing Off and Related Actions
Trade Marks
Trade Marks – Rights, Infringement and Dealings
PART V DESIGNS, PLANT BREEDER’S RIGHTS, CIRCUIT LAYOUTS AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Designs
Plant Breeder’s Rights
Circuit Layouts
Confidential Information
Index