Intellectual property law is recognised as a key foundation of the information society. This volume addresses some of the emerging controversies in this expanding area of law, such as property rights in data and regulation of unfair competition.

Charles Rickett is Dean of the School of Law at the University of Queensland.
Graeme Austin is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Auckland.

1. International Intellectual Property Law and the Common Law World-Introduction
The Hon Justice W.M.C. Gummow
Part 1: Intellectual Property and the Information Society
2. Database Protection and the Circuitous Route Around the United States Constitution
Marci A. Hamilton
3 Commodifying and Transacting Informational Products Through Contractual Licences: The Challenge for Informational Constitutionalism
Brian Fitzgerald
4. Shall We Shoot a Messenger Now and Then? Copyright Infringement and the On-line Service Provider
Louise Longdin
5. Copyright Across (and Within) Domestic Borders
Graeme W. Austin
Part 2: Developments in Industrial Property
6. Dilution and Confusion: The Bases of Trade Mark Infringement or the new Australian Trade Marks Anti-dilution Law 1999
Sam Ricketson
7. New Challenges for the Law of Patents
John Robinson Thomas
8. Patentability in Australia and New Zealand Under the Statute of Monopolies
John Smillie
9. The Protection of Designs
The Hon Sir Nicholas Pumfrey
10. Industrial Property in a Globalised Environment: Issues of Jurisdiction and Choice of Law
John N. Adams
Part 3: Competition and Market Regulation
11. Unfair Competition Law-"Over Protection Stifles the Very Creative Force it is Supposed to Nurture"
Susy Frankel
12. Intellectual Property and Competition Policy: The Case for Neutrality
Ian Eagles