The present invention provides a
copolymer comprising repeating units derived from (A) at least one fluoroalkyl (
meth)
acrylate represented by the following general formula (I) or (II):wherein, X1 represents —O— or —NR3—; R1 represents —H or —CH3; R3 represents a
hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted
alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted
aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms; R2 represents H or F; m is an integer
ranging from 0 to 10; n is an integer of 2 or 3; and o and p each represents an integer of 1 or 2, and (B) at least one polyoxyalkylene group-containing ethylenically
unsaturated monomer, and also provides an image-forming composition, a presensitized plate useful for preparing a lithographic printing plate, a paint composition or a photo
resist composition comprising the
copolymer. The fluoroaliphatic group-containing
copolymer can provide a
coating composition capable of simultaneously satisfying the requirements for the ability of a
coating liquid to wet the base material and the uniform
coating ability upon the application of the liquid and the post-
processing aptitudes such as the re-coating ability of the coated film and developing ability as well as the foaming ability of the coating liquid.