pt. 1. Intellectual property in economic and international context -- Introduction : nature and economic value of intellectual property -- International bodies and instruments relating to intellectual property -- International standards for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights -- pt. 2. Patents -- Acquisition of patent rights -- Exploitation of patent rights -- Enforcement of patent rights -- pt. 3. Trade marks -- Acquisition of trade mark rights -- Licensing, assignments and other third party rights -- Enforcement of trade mark rights -- Company and business names -- pt. 4. Designs -- Acquisition, enforcement and exploitation of design rights -- pt. 5. Copyright -- Acquisition of copyright -- Enforcement of copyright -- Topics ancillary to copyright -- pt. 6. Plant breeders' rights -- pt. 7. Intellectual property in the market-place -- Piracy and counterfeiting -- Intellectual property in advertising and marketing -- pt. 8. Economic aspects of intellectual property -- Commercialisation of intellectual property -- pt. 9. Interface between intellectual property and other areas of law -- Intellectual property and selected fields of innovation and technology -- pt. 10. Supplementary material -- CD-ROM : Statutes, regulations and international treaties.