02459nam a22002057a 4500 OSt 20231214132803.0 140915b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789988352448 LC KRX2979.I61 Intellectual property law in Ghana. / [edited by] Richard Obeng Mensah. Accra: 2023. xxiv, 206p.: 22 cm. Includes index. Contents: Introduction to intellectual property -- Sources and purposes of intellectual property -- Branches of intellectual property and varieties of rights --Introduction to copyright law in Ghana -- Definition of copyright in Ghana -- Sources of copyright in Ghana -- Works protected under copyrights in Ghana -- Originality and fixation under Ghana’s copyright -- Copyright authorship -- Rights protected under copyright in Ghana -- Exceptions to exclusive rights -- Duration of copyright in Ghana -- Copyrights infringements in Ghana -- Copyright enforcement in Ghana -- Folklore protection under copyright – Conclusion -- Introduction to patent -- Nature, scope and purpose -- Requirements of patentability – Invalidation -- Right to patentability – Limitations -- Infringement and remedies -- Rationale/justification for the legal protection of trademarks -- Legally recognized functions of a trademark -- The meaning of trademark -- Application for registration -- Grounds for refusal of registration -- Trademarks infringement, revocation and defences -- Defences available to the alleged infringer under -- Passing off -- Damage – Defences – Remedies -- Introduction to industrial designs – Designs – History -- Scope of current legislation -- Legal protection of industrial designs -- Registrable design – Ownership -- Requirements for protection -- Common law position -- Rights in industrial designs -- Transfer of industrial design -- Nature and scope – Rationale -- Legal basis for the law of breach of confidence -- The three major requirements – Remedies – Defences --The springboard doctrine -- Meaning of Gis and some key examples -- Existing legal regime for Gis protection and registration -- Registration and protection of Gis in Ghana -- Legal effect of international registration of Gis -- Criminal and civil proceedings -- Geographical indications act 2003 (act 659) -- Property Law. 2875 Mensah, Obeng Richard 2876 lcc BK 10246 17746 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL LL 2023-12-12 0 KRX2979.I61 KSL/2551/753/23 2023-12-14 00:00:00 2023-12-14 BK