Table 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

About the Author

Justine Pila, Fellow and Senior Law Tutor of St Catherine's College, Oxford; Research Fellow of the Institute of European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Paul Torremans, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Nottingham

Reviews

Review from previous edition Outstanding quality in all respects. A much needed addition to the European IP law literature
*Tuomas Mylly, Professor of Law, University of Turku*

This is an excellent and unique IP textbook
*Lingling Wei, Lecturer in Law, Bournemouth University*

This textbook has a wide EU perspective and is by far the most comprehensive and accessible textbook available on European IP law
*Nicola Lucchi, Associate Professor of Law, Jönköping International Business School*