Product Description

Popular, clear and accessible, Intellectual Property Law, is generally regarded as the most comprehensive textbook on the subject. Focused clearly on the needs of undergraduates approaching the subject for the first time, it maintains a careful balance between exposition, practical considerations and theoretical arguments and utilises visual aids throughout to assist understanding.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156649 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 952 pages

From the Back Cover

Popular and with clear exposition, Intellectual Property Law, is generally regarded as the most comprehensive textbook on the subject. Focused clearly on the needs of undergraduates approaching the subject for the first time, it maintains a careful balance between exposition, practical considerations and theoretical arguments, and utilises visual aids throughout in order to assist understanding.

A clear seven part structure and colour design aids navigation while new part summaries draw together the key themes within a topic. Further research and engagement with intellectual property law is encouraged through the use of discussion questions and guided further reading.

Intellectual property is one of the most quickly moving of legal subjects. The new edition discusses several important recent developments including:

• A number of important new cases on software patents in the UK and the European Patent Office;

• New cases on non-textual copying and music cases involving Procul Harem and the late Jimi Hendrix;

• Legislative changes, especially in relation to patents and trade marks.

'Without doubt this is the best IP book that there is. Finely balanced and clearly written, it is the leading IP authority' James Griffin, University of Exeter.

David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Business Law at Aston Buiness School, Aston Univeristy and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln’s Inn. He has a background in Engineering and Information Technology.

About the Author
David I. Bainbridge is Emeritus Professor of Business Law at Aston Buiness School, Aston Univeristy and an honorary member of Hardwicke Building, Lincoln's Inn. He has a background in Engineering and Information Technology.

Customer Reviews

A good introduction
This is an excellent primer on intellectual property law. It is written with clarity and insight, and is eminently readable. The style is, at times, slighty chattier than the main rival textbook by Bently and Sherman ("Intellectual Property Law"); for example "...or anything else (in other words, anything!)". Some readers may find this helpful; others, irksome.

His treatment of some subjects is, perhaps, a little shallower than Bently and Sherman's. And my biggest criticsm would be the disproportionate emphasis on copyright law: this subject gets 278 pages, while patent law gets a mere 140 pages. Bently and Sherman are much more even-handed.

But overall this is a very worthwhile book. I am a particular fan of the centre-column footnotes!

Excellent
This is an excellent book for all those who are interested by the technical application of intellectual property law. It does tend to steer away from the ethical and moral principles involved, but more than compensates with brief histories and case notes.

Very good - particularly good with respect to computer program copyright
I second the comments made by the other reviewers about this book. It is a well written, scholarly publication that covers the relevant areas of intellectual property in a concise and clear manner. Particularly helpful is the excellent Chapter 8, 'Copyright and Computer Software'. Though dense and difficult to trawl through, it provides the persistent reader with a comprehensive introduction to this most difficult and cerebral of areas. Attention is also paid to the position in the United States, as well as databases, computer-generated works and technological protection measures. Bainbridge's treatment stands in stark contrast with other IP textbooks, which generally deal superficially with computer copyright (if at all). Notwithstanding my previous lack of computer experience, I am now suitably equipped to consider the various journal articles dealing with computer copyright floating around LexisNexis and Westlaw, for instance.