This comprehensive book provides an overview of all the pertinent information on intellectual property needed to gain a clear comprehension of the legislation and policy on the subject in different countries. Legal practitioners, academics, students, government officials and business people will find here all the information and insight they need to confidently resolve issues related to law and policy in any branch of intellectual property.

Forthcoming supplements will include monographs on each of the international conventions on intellectual property rights, as well as distinct coverage of important issues in intellectual property law within the European Union.

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Published: January 2013

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Intellectual Property Law in Canada provides a survey and analysis of the rules concerning intellectual property rights in Canada. It covers every type of intellectual property right in depth – copyright and neighbouring rights, patents, utility models, trademarks, trade names, industrial designs, plant variety protection, chip protection, trade secrets, and confidential information. Particular attention is paid throughout to recent developments and trends.

The analysis approaches each right in terms of its sources in law and in legislation, and proceeds to such legal issues as subject matter of protection, conditions of protection, ownership, transfer of rights, licences, scope of exclusive rights, limitations, exemptions, duration of protection, infringement, available remedies, and overlapping with other intellectual property rights.

This book also provides a clear overview of intellectual property legislation and policy, and at the same time offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Canada will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative intellectual property law.

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