The Ipkat Mass Of The Month: September 2003

We all cause got them -- objects of desire, alternative items of personal belongings which nosotros taste as well as enjoy. Be it a fine bottle of unmarried malt whisky, an elegant slice of jewellery or a state-of-the-art camcorder. 's electrical flow pet object wish is the novel edition of Bill Cornish's classic, Intellectual Property. Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks as well as Allied Rights , the 5th edition of which has simply been published yesteryear Sweet & Maxwell. This novel edition, extending to nigh 900 pages, has been co-authored yesteryear London solicitor David Llewelyn of White & Case, who has taken responsibleness for this tome's 4 chapters on merchandise marks.

Having sampled diverse segments of the novel Cornish, the IPKat is pleased to pronounce it excellent. Tightly written, it provides a review of U.K. as well as much European IP police pull which is every mo remarkable for its depth of analysis every mo for its breadth of subject-matter. As it travels the years the endure every mo good seems to cause got instruct increasingly navigable (though this is peradventure at to the lowest degree a by-product of the IPKat's increasing familiarity amongst it). Although the endure was originally written for students, practitioners as well as academics volition greatly appreciate it. The text is electrical flow to boundary 2003. The paperback retails at £32 for the create goodness of students, but the existent object of wish -- the handsome, company hardback edition inwards its smart dark binding amongst greenish as well as gilt championship box -- is a snip at the mere £80 asked for it.