Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Statutory Instruments -- Table of European Legislation -- Table of Cases -- Chapter 1 Introduction to information technology and intellectual property law -- Introduction -- Justification for the legal protection of computer software -- Forms of protection for computer software -- Development of protection for computer software -- Liability of information society service providers -- Trade marks on the internet and passing off -- Competition law -- Jurisdiction -- Brexit -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Essentials of copyright law -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Subsistence of copyright -- Original works of copyright -- Other works of copyright -- Authorship -- Ownership -- Duration -- Rights of the copyright owner and infringement -- Remedies -- Secondary infringement -- Criminal offences -- The permitted acts -- Public interest and other defences -- Dealing with copyright -- Moral rights -- Rights related to copyright -- Chapter 3 Copyright and computer programs -- Introduction -- Layout of the chapter -- Background and historical context -- Subsistence of copyright in computer programs -- Restricted acts and infringement of copyright in computer programs -- Exceptions to the exclusive rights -- Decompilation -- Special measures of protection -- Presumptions -- Computer-generated works -- Chapter 4 Non-textual copying of computer programs and emulating the functions of a computer program -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Brief historical perspective -- Non-textual copying in the UK -- Emulating the functionality and other aspects of a computer program -- Concluding remarks - emulating the functionality of a computer program -- Chapter 5 Copyright in databases -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Database technology.

What is a database for the purposes of the Directive? -- Subsistence of copyright in a database -- Authorship, ownership and duration -- Dealing with copyright databases -- Rights of the owner and infringement -- Exceptions to the restricted acts -- Moral rights -- Chapter 6 The sui generis database right -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Subsistence -- Ownership and dealing with the database right -- Term of protection -- Rights of database owners -- Infringement -- Exceptions to the database right -- Rights and obligations of lawful users -- Remedies -- Licensing schemes -- Circumvention of effective technological measures -- Commission report 2005 -- Evaluation and Fitness Check Roadmap -- Chapter 7 Copyright in the information society -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Subsistence and exclusive rights -- The Directive on copyright and related rights in the information society -- Rights provided for by Directive -- Exceptions and limitations -- Protection of technological measures -- Electronic rights management information -- Remedies -- Injunctions against information society service providers -- Digital Economy Act 2010 -- Cross-border portability of online content services -- The proposed Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market -- Chapter 8 Design law, computer graphics and typefaces -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Copyright protection for computer graphics and typefaces -- Trade mark protection -- Design protection -- The Community design -- The UK registered design -- Implications of design law for computer graphics, images displayed on websites and software fonts -- Brexit and design law -- Chapter 9 Semiconductor topography right -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Background -- The Directive on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products.

Extension of protection to nationals of third countries -- Experiences of semiconductor topography protection -- The 2018 draft Regulations -- Chapter 10 Confidential information, trade secrets and information technology -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Basic requirements for an action in breach of confidence -- Employees -- Consultants and others -- Covenants in restraint of trade -- Public interest defence -- Remedies -- Human rights and the impact on the action of breach of confidence -- Trade secrets law -- Data protection law -- Freedom of information -- Chapter 11 Essentials of patent law -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Requirements for the grant of a patent -- Entitlement to a patent -- Dealing with patents -- Infringement and remedies -- Defences -- Formalities for the grant of a patent -- The unitary patent and Unified Patent Court -- Chapter 12 Patents and computer-implemented inventions -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- What is a computer-implemented invention? -- Status of decisions of the Boards of Appeal at the EPO -- Patentability under the Patents Act 1949 -- Position of software patents in the United States -- Development of case law on computer-implemented inventions at the EPO -- The position in the UK -- Sufficiency and computer-implemented inventions -- Patents and artificial intelligence -- Chapter 13 Essentials of trade mark law and the law of passing off -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Registered trade marks -- Limitations on the effects of a trade mark -- Licensing and dealing in trade marks -- Requirement that trade mark must be used -- Revocation and invalidity -- Remedies -- Registration of a national trade mark -- The EU trade mark -- Passing off -- Malicious falsehood -- Chapter 14 Trade marks, goodwill and the internet -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter.

Trade marks, websites and the internet -- Passing off and the internet -- Malicious falsehood and online statements -- Chapter 15 Competition law -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Restrictive trade agreements -- Abuses of a dominant position -- EU Antitrust Damages Directive65 -- Exhaustion of rights -- Freedom to provide services -- Chapter 16 Jurisdiction and intellectual property aspects of information technology -- Introduction -- Layout of this chapter -- Development of rules on jurisdiction -- The 'Brussels Regulation' and the basic rules -- Copyright and related rights -- Patents -- Jurisdiction, trade marks and websites -- Glossary -- Computer terms -- Legal and quasi-legal terms -- Index.

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