Intellectual Property and the Internal Market of the European Community

This work, perhaps for the first time, provides a description of the great variety of proposals at EEC level for the reform and harmonisation of intellectual property law. It addresses patents, copyright and neighbouring rights, trade marks, biotechnology, semiconductor chips, topography right, industrial designs and plant breeders' rights. Save as required for the purpose of shedding light on the EEC proposals, it does not attempt to examine member states' national laws. In the case of industrial designs, where no harmonisation has yet been proposed, a very brief survey of national jurisdictions is presented. There is a useful appendix of documents, a bibliography and index. This practical handbook will prove invaluable to practitioners, both in the IP field and non-specialists, seeking up-to-date information on European developments, including solicitors, barristers, patent agents and trade mark agents in private practice, commerce and industry throughout the EEC and in Member States' major trading partners.

ISBN 1853335754   DEWEY edition DC20 ISBN13 9781853335754 (What's this?)   Pages 276 Publisher Kluwer Law International   Weight (grammes) 565 Imprint Kluwer Law International   Published in Zuidpoolsingel Format Hardback   Series title European Business Law & Practice S. Publication date 23 Feb 1993   Height (mm) 156 Non-book description vii, 266 p. ;   Width (mm) 234 Library of Congress 93014642   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 341.758   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
Ch. 1		Intellectual Property and 1992		1
A		How it all Began		1
B		Applying the Treaty to Intellectual Property		5
Ch. 2		Patents		16
A		Introduction		16
B		A Harmonised Patent System		17
C		The European Patent Convention		19
D		Community Patent Convention		36
E		Draft Directive on Biotechnology Patents		42
F		Extension of Patent Term for Pharmaceutical Inventions		44
G		Plant Variety Rights		45
Ch. 3		Trade Marks and 1992		46
A		Introduction		46
B		The Madrid Agreement		47
C		The Directive		54
D		EC Trade Marks Regulation		75
E		Conclusion		79
Ch. 4		Copyright and Neighbouring Rights		80
A		Introduction		80
B		"Copyright and the Challenge of Technology"		81
C		Computer Software		82
D		Databases		88
E		The Berne and Rome Conventions		92
F		Term of Protection		95
G		Piracy		96
H		Home Copying		100
I		Rental Right		101
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