Key new materials and cases covered in the second edition include:
• ECtHR and United Kingdom case law developments on breach of confidence and privacy;
• EPO decisions on the patenting of biological processes and EPO/ECJ cases on patenting
human embryonic stem cells;
• the introduction of the EU Unitary Patent;
• United Kingdom Supreme Court decisions on patent infringement, and on remedies for
patent infringement;
• ECJ and United Kingdom Supreme Court decisions on originality in copyright and the
temporary copies exception;
• changes to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) concerning the duration
of protection for industrially exploited artistic works, the duration of protection for sound
recordings and performances, and the amendment of defences to copyright infringement
as a result of the Hargreaves Report;
• changes to the Registered Designs Act 1949 and to the CDPA concerning the registered
and unregistered design right brought about by the Intellectual Property Act 2014;