Contents

1. Preface
2. Praise for Intellectual Property Made Simple
3. Introduction
   1. The four key areas of intellectual property
   2. Symbols used in the book
   3. What is intellectual property?
   4. Where did IP originate?
   5. The statutes of a country
   6. Applying the law
   7. What are ‘rights’?
4. Trade marks
   1. Introduction
   2. The Trade Marks Register
   3. Starting out: Choosing your brand name
   4. The registration process
   5. The proprietor
   6. Filing an application for registration
   7. Classification: Goods and/or services
   8. Processing the trade mark application
   9. Endorsements
   10. Advertisement
   11. Opposition
   12. Application procedure: Conclusion
   13. Trade mark renewal
   14. Trade mark use
   15. Expungement based on non-use
   16. Expungement: The procedure
   17. Trade mark enforcement
   18. Remedies against infringement
   19. Defences to infringement
   20. Passing off
   21. Licences and assignment
   22. Criminal conduct regarding trade marks
5. Copyright
   1. Introduction
   2. What is a work?
   3. Originality
   4. Representation in a material form
   5. Qualified person
   6. Who is the author?
   7. The period of copyright
   8. What are the different kinds of works?
   9. What is reproduction?
   10. Reproduction and the exclusive rights
   11. A concluding comment about the exclusive rights
   12. Ownership of copyright
   13. Establishing ownership by agreement
   14. State-owned copyright
   15. Infringement
   16. Remedies for infringement
   17. Needletime royalties
   18. General exemptions from copyright infringement
   19. Specific exceptions to copyright infringement
   20. Criminal copyright infringement
   21. Assignments and licences
   22. International copyright
6. Designs
   1. Introduction
   2. What are registrable designs?
   3. Filing an application for registration
   4. The registration process
   5. Proprietorship
   6. The article and its class
   7. The definitive and explanatory statements
   8. Processing the design application
   9. Registration
   10. Renewal
   11. Enforcement
   12. Determining infringement
   13. What defences are available?
   14. Novelty
   15. Licences and assignments
   16. Criminal conduct relating to designs
7. Patents
   1. Introduction
   2. What is a patent?
   3. Patentable inventions
   4. Novelty
   5. Inventive step — not obvious
   6. Prior art searches
   7. The officials
   8. Who can apply for a patent?
   9. A provisional or complete application?
   10. The complete specification
   11. The procedure for registration
   12. Examination
   13. Acceptance
   14. Maintenance
   15. Enforcement
   16. Remedies for infringement
   17. Defences to alleged infringement
   18. Revocation
   19. International patents
   20. Convention applications
   21. The Patent Cooperation Treaty
   22. Licences
   23. Assignments
   24. Criminal conduct regarding patents
8. Other intellectual property types