This "Intellectual Property Practice Professional Guide" is designed to give apprentice solicitors a clear and thorough understanding of the current intellectual property practice and procedure. In particular, it will delve more intensely into the many areas of IP, such as trade marks, passing off, patents, copyright, databases, computer programs, industrial designs, domain names, licensing, and confidential information. "Intellectual Property" comprehensively deals with the practice issues most frequently encountered by apprentices in this area and incorporates recent developments in law and practice. It explains the principles of Intellectual Property practice clearly and concisely by experts in the field and will prove to be an essential text for both apprentices and practitioners in this field. 

This book provides a self-contained guide for every student of intellectual property law. It gives a comprehensive view of UK patent, copyright and design law, together with the law of confidentiality and passing off. Topography rights, rights in performances and plant breeding rights are also dealt with. In each case, legislative initiatives from the European Community are discussed in detail. Much of our intellectual property law already comes from this source, and domestic legislation is increasingly harmonised among Member States. Where appropriate, comparisons are drawn with other jurisdictions. 

This book is the liveliest, best-written and most thorough introduction to the fundamentals of this subject. Yet it goes beyond the framework of basic IP protection to discuss emerging concepts as well as inside information immediately useful in the real world. In short, it forms the next rung in the advancement of IP management up the ladder from an art to a science.
( Samson Vermont, founder of the periodical Patent Strategy Patent Attorney)

If there is to be an argument about which model is best, then this newspaper stands firmly on the side of the liberal Anglo-Saxon model—not least because it leaves more power in the hands of individuals rather than the state. But the truth is that the governments on both sides of the intellectual divide could go a long way to making their models work better, without changing their underlying beliefs.

The laws covering intellectual property--those products of the imagination with commercial value, such as fictional writing, software designs, product names, and mechanical inventions--have long boggled the minds of the uninitiated. With the advent of online commerce and publishing, the issues have only gotten more confusing. The new edition of Patent, Copyright & Trademark: A Desk Reference to Intellectual Property Law, by attorney Stephen Elias, offers plain-English explanations and practical advice on this increasingly complex topic. Elias covers everything from the laws themselves to their specific applications in different media. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.