Intellectual property law / / Duncan Spiers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817787103321
• Autore: Spiers Duncan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dundee, : Dundee University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1-4744-7279-6; 1-84586-181-7; 0-7486-9839-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Collana: Edinburgh Law Essentials : ELE; Law essentials
• Disciplina: 346.411048
• Soggetti: Intellectual property; Copyright
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; 1 Introduction; 2 Copyright - Part I: What is Protected; 3 Copyright - Part II: Other Issues; 4 Designs; 5 Patents; 6 Trade Marks; 7 Passing Off; 8 Confidential Information; 9 Data Protection; 10 Freedom of Information; 11 E-Commerce; 12 Cybercrime; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How does law protect your ideas and privacy in Scotland and the UK? The Scots common law of property is strongly realist in its concepts, and restricts itself to tangible objects - objects, land, things attached to the land. But what about non-physical property, such as your intellectual property and your private personal information? These types of property are of increasing importance in this technological age. From copyright to patents, from data protection to freedom of information, and from e-commerce to cybercrime, Intellectual Property Law Essentials explains how UK statue law protects