Intellectual Property Rights in EU Law Volume I

• Clear explanation of key concepts such as 'specific subject matter', the 'existence/exercise' distinction, and exhaustion of rights
• An exhaustive analysis of the ECJ case law on trade marks, patents, and copyright
• will appeal to academic lawyers and practitioners alike
• A second volume will describe the harmonization of intellectual property law undertaken at European level and the creation of unitary rights such as the Community trade mark

Readership: Academics, practitioners, judges, patent and trade mark agents and attorneys. Those with a professional interest in intellectual property law.

David T. Keeling, Member of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

1: The Scope of the Undertaking
2: The Free Movement of Goods and Services: an Overview of the Basic Principles
3: The Conflict between Intellectual Property Rights and the Principle of Free Movement
4: The Applicability of National Laws Governing the Creation of Intellectual Property Rights in the Absence of Harmonization
5: The Dichotomy between the Existence of the Right and its Exercise
6: The Specific Subject Matter of the Right
7: The Exhaustion of Rights
8: Trade Marks: the ECJ Case-law
9: Patents: the ECJ Case-law
10: Copyright: the ECJ Case-law
11: Competition Law