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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829295503321

Autore

Lambert Jane

Titolo

Enforcing intellectual property rights : a concise guide for businesses, innovative and creative individuals / / Jane Lambert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2009

ISBN

1-315-57960-X

1-317-14353-1

1-317-14352-3

1-282-05441-4

9786612054419

0-7546-9426-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

346.41048

Soggetti

Intellectual property - Great Britain

Data protection - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Glossary of Intellectual Property Terms; Glossary of Terms used in Litigation; Foreword: What This Book is About and Why You May Want to Read it; 1 Setting the Scene; 2 Introduction to Intellectual Property; 3 How the Law Protects Different Intellectual Assets; 4 Dispute Resolution Options; 5 Woolf Rules, OK!; 6 So You Want to Sue Somebody; 7 What Happens if Neither Side Gives in; 8 How to Prepare Your Case; 9 What Happens on the Big Day; 10 Where to Get Help; 11 Threats Actions; 12 A Few Last Tips; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The development of a global 'knowledge economy' has encouraged organizations of all types to focus on the opportunities for, and the threats to, the intellectual property that they hold. The variety of intellectual assets (designs, databases, patents, brands and trade marks), the growth of new technology capable of exploiting and protecting these assets, and the nature of the law mean that intellectual property enforcement is a hugely complex area. Jane Lambert's Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights explains the threats and the



remedies (criminal and civil, as well as alternatives to litigat