The common law of intellectual property: essays in honour of Professor David Vaver/ edited by Catherine W. Ng, Lionel Bently and Giuseppina D'Agostino. - Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010. - lv, 452 p. ; 24 cm.

Festschrift for Professor David Vaver.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emerging divergences in the common law of intellectual property property : an overview / Lionel Bentley, Catherine W. Ng and Giuseppina D'Agostino -- Intellectual property and the common law in Scotland c1700-c1850 / Hector L. Macqueen -- On clarifying the role of originality and fair use in nineteenth century UK jurisprudence : appreciating 'the humble grey which emerges as the result of long controversy' / Kathy Bowrey -- The relationship between UK common law and the European systems in the context of res judicata / Henry Carr -- The conduct of a patent trial from the perspective of practice in the US, UK, and Canada / Marshall Rothstein ... [et al.] -- Emergent diversity in the common law relating to intellectual property : how domestic court practice informs local evolution of law / Roger T. Hughes -- A common law prescription for a medical malaise / Tina Piper -- Claiming a life : are organisms inherently unpatentable? / Graham Dutfield -- Divergent approaches in defining the appropriate level of inventiveness in patent law / Ann Monotti -- Sufficiency of disclosure in the common law : complexity, divergence and confusion / Sivaramjani Thambisetty -- Common law approaches to the requirement of originality / Sam Ricketson -- Finding originality in recreative copyright works / Burton Ong -- The emancipation of fair use in Israel / Lior Zemer -- Unfair competition by misappropriation : the reception of International News in the common law world / Christopher Wadlow -- The common law and trade marks in an age of statutes / Graeme B. Dinwoodie -- Protecting extraterritorial goodwill : exploring the impetus behind a common law / A. Kelly Gill -- Death of a trade mark doctrine? : dilution of anti-dilution / Louis TC Harms -- Postscript : was there ever a common law of intellectual property? / Lionel Bently, Catherine W. Ng and Giuseppina D'Agostino.

9781841139708 (cloth) 184113970X (cloth)


Intellectual property.

346.048 / NG,/C