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Intellectual Property Law (Proffesional Practice Guides)

CONTENTS

About the Authors v

Table of Cases xiii

Table of Legislation xv

1 INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1

Carol Plunkett

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Intellectual property: what is it and what relevance does it have? 1

1.3 Areas of intellectual property 2

1.4 Current statutes 3

1.5 Historical background 3

1.6 Conclusion 6

2 TRADE MARKS 7

Louise Carey and Maureen Daly

2.1 Introduction 7

2.2 What is a trade mark? 7

2.3 What type of mark can be registered? 7

2.4 Where should a trade mark be registered? 7

2.5 Who should do the filing of the application? 9

2.6 Registerability 9

2.7 Procedure before the Patents Office 11

2.8 The duration of the registration 11

2.9 Limitation on rights 11

2.10 Effects of registration 11

2.11 What constitutes ‘infringing use’ 12

2.12 What is not an infringement 12

2.13 Infringement proceedings 13

2.14 Section 24: groundless threats of infringement proceedings 13

2.15 Dealings with registered trade marks 14

2.16 Licensing 15

2.17 Exclusive licences 15

2.18 Non-exclusive licensees 15

2.19 Surrender, revocation and invalidity 16

2.20 Collective mark and certification mark 18

2.21 Famous marks 18

2.22 Offences 18

2.23 Jurisdiction 19

2.24 Community trade mark (CTM) 19

3 THE LAW OF PASSING OFF 21

James Murray

3.1 Introduction 21

3.2 Core principles 21

3.3 Misrepresentation 22

3.4 Made by a trader in the course of trade 24

3.5 To prospective customers 24

3.6 Business or goodwill 25

3.7 Damage 26

3.8 The evolution of passing off: character merchandising 28

3.9 Personality rights 28

3.10 Practical steps in dealing with passing off 29

4 PATENTS 31

Ken Parkinson and Andrew Parkes

4.1 Patent law 31

4.2 International conventions 31

4.3 Patentability 32

4.4 Ideas and know-how 36

4.5 Applying for a patent 36

4.6 Ownership of the left to a patent (ss 15–16, 79–80 of PA92) 38

4.7 Infringement (ss 40–46 of PA92) 40

4.8 Action for infringement 41

4.9 Remedies for infringement 42

4.10 Defences and statutory exceptions to infringement 44

4.11 Revocation 48

4.12 Amendment 49

4.13 Remedy for groundless threats 50

4.14 Declaration of non-infringement 50

4.15 The role of a patent agent in patent litigation 51

4.16 Miscellaneous matters 51

5 COPYRIGHT 1: THE COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT 2000 53

Rosaleen Byrne

5.1 Introduction and overview 53

5.2 Basic concepts of copyright law 57

6 COPYRIGHT 2: THE ENFORCEMENT OF COPYRIGHT 67

Garrett Breen

6.1 Introduction 67

6.2 Enforcement provisions in the 1963 Copyright Act (the 1963 Act) 67

6.3 Infringement 67

6.4 Substantial part 68

6.5 Innocent infringement 69

6.6 Primary and secondary infringement 69

6.7 Remedies 70

6.8 Offences 73

6.9 Search warrants and seizure 74

7 PROTECTION OF DATABASES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS 75

Rosaleen Byrne

7.1 Protection of computer programs 75

7.2 Protection of databases 81

7.3 Summary 84

8 INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS 85

Garrett Breen

8.1 Introduction 85

8.2 Definition of design 86

8.3 Protection of industrial designs 86

8.4 Community design left 87

8.5 What kind of design is registerable under the new 2001 Act? 88

8.6 What does ‘new’ mean? 88

8.7 Individual character 88

8.8 Component parts 88

8.9 Designs dictated by technical functions and designs of interconnections 88

8.10 Ownership of a design 89

8.11 Filing date 89

8.12 Priority left 89

8.13 When does registration take effect? 89

8.14 What is a design left and what does it entitle the owner to do? 89

8.15 Compulsory licences 90

8.16 Infringement 90

8.17 Remedies 90

8.18 Groundless threats 90

8.19 Rights of seizure and delivery up 90

8.20 Offences 91

8.21 Falsification of register 91

8.22 Conclusion 91

9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENCES 93

Tara MacMahon

9.1 Introduction 93

9.2 Recordal of licences 94

9.3 Competition law issues 94

9.4 Pre-contract considerations 95

9.5 Anatomy of a licence agreement 95

9.6 The tax treatment of licensing of intellectual property 105

10 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 107

Carol Plunkett

10.1 Introduction 107

10.2 Why should confidential information be protected? 107

10.3 History 108

10.4 Remedies 112

11 CONCLUSION 115

Maureen Daly

11.1 Introduction 115

11.2 Future developments 115

11.3 Trademarks 115

11.4 Patents 116

11.5 Copyright 116

11.6 Stamp duty 117

11.7 Conclusion 117

Index 119

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