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050			_aKD1269.3 .J33 2004
100			_aThe Rt Hon Sir Robin Jacob _eAuthor
110			_aThe Rt Hon Sir Robin Jacob
245		2	_aA Guidebook to Intellectual Property _bPatents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs _cThe Rt Hon Sir Robin Jacob
260			_aLondon _bSweet & Maxwell _c2004
300			_a261 pages _bIllustrations _c21.6cm
520			_aThis is a unique book about Intellectual Property. It is aimed not only at law students studying the subject but also at interested users of IP - business people, inventors, scientists, designers and the like. It provides an outline of the basic legal principles which underpin and reguilate the subject, educatuing the reader as to the shape of the law. However, critically, it also gives insight into how the system actually works. You cannot understand chess by merely learning the rules - you also have to know how the game is played: so too with Intellectual Property. To achieve its object the authors deliberately avoid technicalities: keeping things simple, yet direct. There are no footnotes to distract. Although cases are, inevitably, referred to, they are explained in a pithy, accessible manner. The authors try wherever possible to be both serious and light-hearted at the same time. All major areas of IP - patents, trade marks, copyright and designs - are covered, along with briefer treatment of other rights and subjects such as breach of confidence, plant varieties and databases. A novice reader of this book should come away both with a clear outline of IP law and a feeling for how it works. Students will be able to put their more detailed study into perspective. Users will be able to understand better how IP affects them and their businesses.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aLaw-Economic constitution, policy, planning, and development
700			_aDaniel Alexander _eAuthor
942			_cBooks _nNo
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