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Dr. Baer’s Introduction to Intellectual Property Law

An introduction for students, practitioners and the curious

Dr. S. Baer

Short enough to give an overview. Thorough enough to make you want more.

Book cover: the title “Dr. Baer’s Introduction to Intellectual Property Law” in a red frame, below it the name Dr. S. Baer, below that the drawn medallion with the bespectacled cat, and at the bottom the Wolters Kluwer imprint.
Cover of the student edition · Wolters Kluwer

About the book

Dr Baer’s Introduction to Intellectual Property Law provides a thorough guidance of the concepts of intellectual property law in general, and of the specific fields of patents, copyrights and trademarks in particular. The book should give the reader a critical and systematic understanding of intellectual property law and allow her to approach any intellectual property case with a knowledge of basic concepts and how to apply them.

It has been written for students who have taken or are considering to take intellectual property law at bachelor or master course level, for patent attorneys who are interested in the concept and foundations of this field of law, and for all those who wonder why intellectual property law has been catapulted from an obscure legal niche to an area that, for better or worse, has become pervasive in our daily lives. The book is used by the law faculty of Maastricht University in their intellectual property courses.

Three parts
Part one
The justification and fabric of intellectual property rights — their social benefits, scope and limits, the specifics of their enforcement, and their relationship to the civil law concepts of property, contracts, tort and unjust enrichment
Part two
International agreements: the Paris and Berne Conventions, and the WTO/TRIPS Agreement
Part three
Three mock trials, so that students learn how to argue intellectual property cases in a cordial, entertaining and yet competitive atmosphere
Watercolour drawing: a crew of cats in pirate hats and striped shirts crowds into a long red-and-orange boat on a blue river, one of them swimming alongside.
Merrymaking pirates and counterfeiters · painted by Monė Cepelinai

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The book
Readership
Students, patent attorneys, and anyone curious about the field
Language
English
Author
Dr. S. Baer
Illustrations
Monė Cepelinai
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
ISBN
978-94-035-3839-6
Order
Wolters Kluwer Law Store