Trade Mark Law and Sharing Names is a collection of essays edited by Dr Ilanah Simon Fhima, Co-Director of UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) and a some-time contributor of case notes to the MARQUES case note database. Subtitled "Exploring use of the same mark by multiple undertakings", this work considers situations where trade mark owners share the use of their trade marks with others either by choice or because they are forced to do so. It asks what the implications of these situations are for the idea that a trade mark identifies the origin of one undertaking's goods or services, taking in a discussion of, amongst other things, the own name defence, the economics of trade marks, the scope of infringement, coexistence and licensing on the way.

Contributors include Arnaud Folliard-Mongruiral (OHIM) on coexistence in Community trade mark disputes, Phillip Johnson (7 New Square) on the late doctrine of honest concurrent use in the UK, Ashley Roughton (Hogarth Chambers) on the consequences of the "own name" defence and Neil J. Wilkof on aspects of sublicensing. A full list of contributors and contents can be obtained from the book's web page here.

Bibliographic details: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009. hardback, xx + 209 pages. ISBN: 978 1 84720 279 6. Price £53.96 (online).