| Table of Cases | p. xi |
| Table of Legislation | p. xxix |
| International Conventions and Treaties | p. xlvii |
| The Concept of Intellectual Property | p. 1 |
| The Scope and Structure of this Book | p. 2 |
| Thumb-Nail Outlines of Copyright, Patent, Trade Mark, and Database Right | p. 6 |
| Copyright | p. 6 |
| Patent | p. 7 |
| Trade mark | p. 9 |
| Database right | p. 11 |
| The Concept of Intellectual Property | p. 12 |
| A right that can be treated as property | p. 13 |
| ... to control particular uses | p. 16 |
| ... of a specific type of intangible asset | p. 21 |
| Such rights are granted when the particular intangible asset can be attributed to an individual creator or identifiable group of creators, the creator(s) being presumptively entitled to the right | p. 25 |
| They are enforced strictly and by both civil and criminal law | p. 29 |
| Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition | p. 36 |
| No general norm against unfair competition | p. 36 |
| No general action against misrepresentation, denigration or misappropriation | p. 37 |
| Intellectual property and the norms of unfair competition | p. 41 |
| The Justification of Intellectual Property | p. 43 |
| Creator-Centred Justifications | p. 45 |
| The argument from creation | p. 46 |
| The argument from desert | p. 47 |
| The argument from personhood | p. 49 |
| The argument from autonomy | p. 52 |
| User-Centred Justifications | p. 58 |
| The argument from harm | p. 58 |
| The argument from misrepresentation | p. 60 |
| The argument from unjust enrichment | p. 61 |
| Community-Centred Justifications | p. 63 |
| The orthodox argument | p. 63 |
| Is protection always necessary? | p. 66 |
| Are the current regimes structured to provide for the creation, dissemination, and efficient exploitation of their subject matter? | p. 70 |
| Conclusion | p. 73 |
| The Protection of Creative Assets | p. 74 |
| Proprietary Rights: Copyright | p. 79 |
| Subject matter | p. 79 |
| First ownership | p. 95 |
| The scope of protection | p. 104 |
| Conclusion | p. 120 |
| Proprietary Rights: The Public Lending Right | p. 120 |
| Proprietary Rights: The Publication Right | p. 121 |
| Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Rights: Rights in Performances | p. 122 |
| Non-Proprietary Rights: Moral Rights | p. 123 |
| The paternity right | p. 125 |
| The right against false attribution | p. 126 |
| The integrity right | p. 127 |
| Conclusion | p. 132 |
| Non-Proprietary Rights: Artist's Resale Right ('Droit De Suite') | p. 134 |
| Non-Proprietary Rights: Technological Protection Measures | p. 136 |
| The Protection of Technology Assets | p. 138 |
| Proprietary Rights: Patent | p. 144 |
| Subject matter | p. 148 |
| First ownership | p. 190 |
| The scope of protection | p. 199 |
| Conclusion | p. 212 |
| Proprietary Rights: UK Design Right | p. 213 |
| Subject matter | p. 216 |
| First ownership | p. 219 |
| The scope of protection | p. 219 |
| Conclusion: utility model protection | p. 220 |
| The Protection of Marketing Assets | p. 222 |
| The expanding concept of the brand | p. 223 |
| The brand as product | p. 224 |
| Non-Proprietary Rights: Passing Off | p. 230 |
| The requirement of goodwill | p. 231 |
| Misrepresentation | p. 235 |
| Damage | p. 242 |
| Reverse passing off | p. 244 |
| Proprietary Rights: Registered Trade Marks | p. 245 |
| Subject matter | p. 247 |
| First ownership | p. 263 |
| The scope of protection | p. 264 |
| Proprietary Rights: Collective and Certification Marks, Designations of Origin, Geographical Indications, and Traditional Specialities Guaranteed | p. 283 |
| Collective and certification marks | p. 283 |
| Designations of origin, geographical indications, and traditional specialities guaranteed | p. 284 |
| Proprietary Rights: Registered Designs and Community Design Right | p. 287 |
| Subject matter | p. 289 |
| First ownership | p. 292 |
| The scope of protection | p. 292 |
| Conclusion | p. 294 |
| The Protection of Information Assets | p. 295 |
| Non-Proprietary Rights: Confidential Information | p. 295 |
| Confidential information | p. 298 |
| Circumstances importing an obligation of confidence | p. 302 |
| Unauthorized use of the information and detriment | p. 308 |
| Defences | p. 311 |
| Conclusion | p. 313 |
| Proprietary Rights: Database Right | p. 314 |
| Subject matter | p. 315 |
| First ownership | p. 318 |
| The scope of protection | p. 319 |
| Conclusion | p. 325 |
| Index | p. 327 |
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