Russell-Clarke & Howe on Industrial Designs

Heralded as the leading text in this field, the new 8th edition: - Provides practical guidance on how to get the best from the vast bed of legislation surrounding industrial designs in order to protect designs - Covers all aspects of this area, in particular, the five legal rights which protect industrial designs - Pays particular attention to the two European legal rights, covering the case law and key developments which have occurred since 2002 - Deals with each body of legislation in turn, followed by chapters on tactical and practical considerations such as infringements, remedies, dealing with legal proceedings, licensing and EC law and Competition - Offers analytical, high level commentary on industrial designs, whilst maintaining a practice focused edge - Provides a detailed historical treatment of copyright law and industrial design law from 1709 through to the current legislative position - Covers all the issues that may arise from the continuing existence of designs registered prior to 2001 - Discusses copyright protection for industrial designs - Looks into infringement and validity disputes and threats actions, along with practical hints on how to avoid the mistakes of the past - Incorporates an interesting discussion of parallel imports and how this relates to industrial design - Includes a new chapter covering design law in the Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries - One of the few places which pulls together all the relevant sections of legislation for the UK and Europe for all the forms of design protection, including the ones covering tribunals and procedures