Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law

New definitions for inclusion in future editions of A Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law. Suggestions for new entries, or comments on existing ones, gratefully received on the blog or by email (using the contact form at the foot of the page).

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Saturday, 14 January 2017

Triad of protection

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An expression apparently coined by Joachim Bornkamm, judge of the Budesgerichtshof (German Federal Supreme Court), now retired, and profess...
Friday, 18 November 2016

The second edition

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I am about to start in earnest on a second edition of the Dictionary - so this is your opportunity to let me know what I should include. He...
Friday, 14 October 2016

European Patent (partly revised definition)

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Still a misnomer, although the European Union Patent [q.v.] will more closely resemble a European Patent than the bundle of national rights...

Brexit

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A blend of the words "British" and "exit" [from the European Union], coined by The Economist in 2012 but inspired by th...
Monday, 21 September 2015

Innovation patent (Australia)

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The Dictionary contains a brief definition of  'innovation patent', a form of utility-model protection (or petty patent) known to A...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Panoramic Freedom, Freedom of Panorama

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From the German, Panoramafreiheit. The freedom to take photographs and make other images of buildings, sculptures and other features of the...
Friday, 19 June 2015

Innovation patent (Australia)

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I included a short definition of "innovation patent" (basically, Australian for "petty patent") in the Dictionary. Now W...
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Solicitor specialising in trade marks, copyright, designs and patents, as well as other general areas of commercial law, with CJ Jones Solicitors LLP in London. Legal adviser, Royal Institute of British Architects. Presenter of courses for Quorum Training and CLT. Tutor in English intellectual property law at Russian Academy of Justice, Moscow. Author of a dozen books, mostly on intellectual property law, including A Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law (Edward Elgar, 2011). Editor of Motor Law, the law review for motor industry managers. Producer of the IPso Jure monthly IP podcast. Freelance contributor to Runner's World.
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