Intellectual Property can be described as ‘the novel products of human intellectual endeavour’. Intellectual property rights are the rights and remedies that the (statutory and common) law grants to the owner to enable her to exert control over the products of intellectual endeavour. The main statutory rights are copyright, patents, trade marks and design rights. Common/Civil law actions include those in passing off/unfair competition and breach of confidence.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 612789.