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David Booton

Lecturer
B.Sc. 1982; C.P.E. 1995; LL.M. 1996.

Room Number: 4.11 [Williamson Building]
Tel: +44(0)161 275 7553
Fax: +44(0)161 275 3579
Email: booton@manchester.ac.uk

 

Specific research interests

Intellectual Property

Publications

Booton “The patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Europe”, Intellectual Property Quarterly [2007], 92.

Booton “Reform And Development Of The Law Protecting Interests In Trading Names” in de Lacy, J (ed) The Reform of UK Company Law , Cavendish, 2002.

Booton “ Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements and the European Competition Rules” in Prime, T, European Intellectual Property Law , Dartmouth Publishing, 2000

Booton, D., “Framing Pictures. Defining Art in UK Copyright Law”, Intellectual Property Quarterly [2003] Intellectual Property Quarterly, 38.

Booton, D and Mole, P., “The Action Freezes? The Draft Directive on the Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions”, [2002] Intellectual Property Quarterly, 289.

Booton, D., “The Patent Agent Profession and University Law Schools : Towards a New Compact” (1999) 28(8) Chartered Institute of Patent Agents Journal.

Booton “A Critical Analysis of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive Harmonising the Droit de Suite ” [1998] 2 Intellectual Property Quarterly 165.

Booton, “A Critical Analysis of the European Commission's Proposal for a Directive Harmonising Droit de Suite ” Intellectual Property Institute Seminar Report - 18 June 1998.

Simpson and Booton “The New Publication Right: How Will it Affect Museums and Galleries?” (1997) 2(3) Art, Antiquity and Law, 283.

Booton “Legal Determinations of Artistic Merit. Works of Artistic Craftsmanship under United Kingdom Copyright Law.” (1996) 1(2) Art, Antiquity and Law, 123.

Booton “ Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Another v. H. N. Norton & Co. Ltd; Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Another v. Penn Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Another, HL: Novelty of Inventions under the Patents Act 1977 and the European Patent Convention,” [1996] 2 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues.

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