A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright in the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Crown, / and in the United States of America Containing a Full Appendix of All Acts of Parliament International Conventions, Orders in Council, Treasury Minute and Acts of Congress Now in Force.

The work systematically explains the law of copyright in the United Kingdom, its dominions, and the United States, combining statutory provisions, case law, and an extensive appendix of acts and international conventions. It defines what may be protected, explores authorship and ownership (including employers, assignees, licensees, executors and trustees), registration and duration, and specific regimes for performing rights, engravings, sculpture, paintings, drawings and photographs. Practical issues such as infringement, remedies (damages, injunctions, accounts), evidentiary and procedural matters, and exceptions like fair use, abridgment, and private copying are analysed for practitioners and publishers.