Bently and Sherman's Intellectual Property Law is the definitive textbook on intellectual property law. The book's all-embracing approach not only clearly sets out the law in relation to copyright, patents, trade marks, passing off and confidentiality, it also takes account of a wide range of academic opinion enabling readers to explore and make informed judgments about the key principles. The authors' particularly clear and lively writing style ensures that even the most complex areas are lucid and comprehensible, and the text is further enlivened with illustrations and diagrams.This edition: - includes further illustrations and diagrams to help aid reader understanding and illustrate key concepts - includes a sample patent application to help students understand this particularly complex topic - takes account of the latest changes in the field, including the implementation of performers' moral rights, the implementation of the EC enforcement directive, and the EC directive on artists' resale royalty - examines developments in case law at the ECJ, particularly in relation to trade marks and databases - accomodates developments in TRIPS interpretation In short, any serious scholar of intellectual property law, along with practitioners working in the area, will find that this book is an invaluable mine of information on all topics relating to IP law.
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There is no doubt that this edition, as previous editions of the book, presents helpful reading and is a perfect textbook for students, scholars and practitioners working on and interested in the subject of intellectual property in general. E.I.P.R. This book indeed is an essential textbook for any intellectual property student's library. E.I.P.R. Written by two leading academic intellectual property lawyers, Lionel Bently and Brad Sherman, Intellectual Property Law is a vast and comprehensive consideration of the key intellectual property issues including, where appropriate, their contextual background. Student Law Journal Its written style is also impressive: lucidly explaining the detailed legal and, often, social issues that intellectual property law, in particular, encounters. Fortunately, the authors' written style ensures these issues are not lost within the detail. Student Law Journal Intellectual Property Law is an indispensable text for anyone studying this complex but intriguing area of law. It is extremely well-written in an engaging and thought provoking way. The authors also ensure, by including number references, that it can also form the basis of further and independent research. Student Law Journal
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Lionel Bently is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law
Brad Sherman the Director of ACIPA (The Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture) and a Professor in Law in the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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For me this book is definitely the main reference in British IP law. It is easy to read for beginners and it will at the same time be very useful for academics and practitioners interested in IP. I think it is the best book on the subject at the moment.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Comprehensive and current sums this book up, really. Bently and Sherman have created a must-have for all students of IP Law. The book covers a wide range of topics, one which I believe would be of use to practitioners as well (albeit, in a more limited sense).
If one has an exam coming up, this book should be more than sufficient (combined of course, with a healthy dose of common sense and hard work). Great purchase, very well pleased with it.
If one has an exam coming up, this book should be more than sufficient (combined of course, with a healthy dose of common sense and hard work). Great purchase, very well pleased with it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I have recently moved from the first to the second edition of Bently and Sherman, and am delighted to see that it still retains the same quality and breadth as the first edition.
As a text for the aspiring IP Law student, Bently and Sherman would be my first choice. Although not covering every aspect of IP Law (although more than adequately aware of its limitations in this regard), Intellectual Property deals comprehensively with those which it does.
Far easier to read than many of its counterparts, no IP student's library should be without this text!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The book is very well written and I use it as my primary book in IP. It is comprehensive, easy to navigate and not boring.
I seem to have been rather unlucky with the quality though, as pages started falling out after the first week of usage.
If you are looking for a no brainer book, this book is not it for you as it demands a lot attention to footnotes and having a relevant statute book at hand, especially because the authors will introduce the relevant legislation in the beginning of the chapter but then, at times, not mention the name of that legislation again when citing relevant sections of statute law or articles of regulations. For this reason the book gets four and not five stars from me.
I have found W. Cornish's book on IP a sound alternative, however, the language is not as animated in Cornish and thus that book I use for secondary reading on particular opinions -they make a good pair.
Beware of what statute book you buy. I have found that Blackstone's has left out important legislation that is being cited in most IP law books.
I seem to have been rather unlucky with the quality though, as pages started falling out after the first week of usage.
If you are looking for a no brainer book, this book is not it for you as it demands a lot attention to footnotes and having a relevant statute book at hand, especially because the authors will introduce the relevant legislation in the beginning of the chapter but then, at times, not mention the name of that legislation again when citing relevant sections of statute law or articles of regulations. For this reason the book gets four and not five stars from me.
I have found W. Cornish's book on IP a sound alternative, however, the language is not as animated in Cornish and thus that book I use for secondary reading on particular opinions -they make a good pair.
Beware of what statute book you buy. I have found that Blackstone's has left out important legislation that is being cited in most IP law books.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By tobehelpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book, ideal for anyone interested in IP. The older reviews of this book are now out of date with the 2010 edition. It gives you loads of up todate cases and insight. Very clear, to the point and ideal for students and lawyers. Add this to Cornish and you have everything you could need.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Being a rather compendius volume, it is one of the easiest textbooks around, so it is quick to tear through. Gives an in-depth guide to issues in IP law but at the same time lays a good foundation for solving problem questions in law.
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Intellectual Property law is explained very simply and the text is easy to understand. I would recommend the text to anyone studying intellectual property or anyone who wishes to do some general reading in the area.
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Bently and Sherman, has just handed over to us the Bible on Intellectual Property Law.
Nothing can be that insightful on a subject of Law. Its a guide for Students, Academics, Lawyers and everyone interested in Intellectual Property.
Nothing can be that insightful on a subject of Law. Its a guide for Students, Academics, Lawyers and everyone interested in Intellectual Property.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor excuse for a law textbook
This book is awful. It has ridiculous amount of typos, which are not just spelling errors, but serious content errors that are completely contradictory, which leaves the reader... Read more
Published on 28 May 2011 by Critic
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Third edition due out 2009
This appears to be the second edition from 2004 - a long time ago, in terms of pssoible relevant changes for a law book. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2008 by M. J. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the student but have the sellotape ready
As an IP student I can highly recommend this new edition.
However the binding is of the poorest quality and myself and ALMOST ALL of my classmates are constantly... Read more
However the binding is of the poorest quality and myself and ALMOST ALL of my classmates are constantly... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2008 by G. Warner
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