Mark J. Davison is Professor in the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies in the Faculty of Law at Monash University, Victoria, Special Counsel with Knightsbridge Lawyers and a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; Part II. Copyright, Designs and Related Rights: 2. Copyright: introduction; 3. Copyright: subsistence; 4. Copyright: authorship, first ownership, and nature and duration of rights; 5. Copyright: exploitation, infringement and defences; 6. Areas related to copyright: moral rights, performers' rights, artist's resale rights, and other related rights; 7. Designs; Part III: Patents: 8. Equitable doctrines of breach of confidence; 9. Patents for inventions: introduction; 10. Patents for inventions: validity; 11. Patents for inventions: allocation of rights and ownership, the Register and dealings; 12. Patents for inventions: exploitation, infringement and revocation; 13. Plant breeder's rights; Part IV. Trade Marks: 14. Passing off; 15. Registered trade marks; 16. Exploitation of registered trade marks; Part V. Enforcement Of Rights: 17. Remedies and miscellaneous issues.