A Critical Introduction to Intellectual Property Law Texts, Cases and Materials

This highly accessible and engaging introduction to IP law encourages readers to critically evaluate the ownership of intangible goods. The rigorous pedagogy, featuring many real-world cases, both historical and up-to-date, full colour images, discussion exercises, end-of-chapter questions and activities, allows readers to engage fully with the philosophical concepts foundational of the subject, while also enabling them to independently analyse key cases, texts and materials relevant to IP law in the contemporary world. This innovative textbook, written by one of the leading authorities on the subject, is the ideal route to a full understanding of copyright, patents, designs, trade marks, passing off, remedies and litigation for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in IP law.

1. Introduction; Part I. Copyright: 2. Copyright I: foundations of copyright; 3. Copyright II: rights; 4. Copyright III: rights; 5. Copyright IV: exceptions; Part II. Patents: 6. Patent I: foundations of patent law; 7. Patent II: patentability; 8. Patent III: patentability (continued); 9. Patent IV: scope; Part III. Designs: 10. Designs I: foundations of design law; 11. Designs II: contemporary design rights; Part IV. Trade Marks and Passing Off: 12. Trade marks I: foundations of trade marks and passing off; 13. Trade marks II: absolute grounds for refusal; 14. Trade marks III: scope; Part V. Remedies and Litigation: 16. Remedies and litigation; 17. Epilogue.

Patrick Goold is a reader in law at the City University of London, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has received numerous awards for teaching and has been shortlisted for the HE Innovate Award for most innovative approach to widening participation in the curriculum. He is a leading theorist on IP law, the author of IP Accidents (Cambridge, 2022), and the co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Investment-Driven Intellectual Property (Cambridge, 2023).