Whileintellectualpropertyrightsaremostlystudiedinisolation,inpracticethelegalcategoriescreatedtoprotecttheserightsprovideonlypartiallegalcoverageofthebroadercontextinwhichsuchrightsarecreated,used,andenforced.Consequently,oftenmultipleIPrightsoverlapwithrespecttothesameunderlyingsubjectmatter.Thisbookenablesreaderstoconsiderhowtheseoverlappingrightsworktogether,facilitatingadeeperunderstandingofhowandwhentheymaybeencounteredinpractice.EachchapteraddressesadiscretepairofIPrightsandusesahypotheticalscenariotoanalyseparticularconceptualandpracticalissues,givingpractitionersacomprehensiveunderstandingoftheoverlap.WhilethefocusoftheseIPrightsisonUK,USandEuropeanlaw,thebookalsocontainscomparisontablesofoverlappingIPrightsinothercountriesaroundtheworld.Thesetablescomplementthechapters,offeringadetailedoverviewastohowtheseoverlapsapplyindifferentlegaljurisdictions,aswellashowtheydiffer.
