European Intellectual Property Law offers a full account of the main areas of substantive
European IP law and a discussion of their wider context and effect. The amount and reach of
European law and decision-making in the field of intellectual property has grown exponentially
since the 1960s making it increasingly difficult to treat European law as an adjunct to
domestic intellectual property regimes. European Intellectual Property Law responds to this
reality by presenting a clear and detailed account of each of the main areas of substantive EU
intellectual property law situated in the context of both the EU legal system and
international IP law including EU constitutional law the law of the European Patent
Convention 1973 2000 and private international law. It draws selectively on examples from
domestic IP regimes to illustrate substantive differences between those regimes and to
demonstrate the impact of European law and decision-making on EU Member States. This unique
thoroughly modern approach goes beyond a discussion of the provisions of European legal
instruments to consider their wider context and effect. European Intellectual Property Law is
the ideal guide for any student wishing to gain a full and critical understanding of the
substantive European law of intellectual property.
