The A User's Guide to... series is designed to assist people whose work or studies involve them in day to day dealings with different areas of Intellectual Property ('IP') law whether it be copyright, patents, trade marks and passing off, data protection or design. They are not intended to take the place of a legal adviser where problems of complexity arise, but rather be the first port of call for someone faced with an IP related issue. Where
appropriate case studies, diagrams, flowcharts and checklists are included.