The use of unfair trading practices constitutes a breach of the law against unfair competition. The principle of freedom of competition is vital to any market. Without it, there exists no protection against large companies' obtaining monopolies and then ruthlessly exercising market dominance. The ability of other companies to freely compete with such entities is necessary to protect consumers from, for example, highly inflated prices. On the other hand, the right to compete must be tempered to avoid abuse by traders using unscrupulous methods to sell products or services. Such misuse also...

The constant flow of technological advances exacerbates the problem of copyright infringement. The most significant advance: the ability to make copies of copyrighted material. Increasingly sophisticated means of communication, both for work and entertainment purposes, have developed in the last half of this century. These advances have led to a highly profitable business in piracy. The extensive trade in counterfeit goods--music, film, video, and other items carrying well-known brand names--has cost companies lost revenues of billions of dollars each year. Though regulations such as the...

The Yearbook offers an important forum for legal practitioners to address and compare practical legal issues of direct interest to their areas of specialisation. Each volume features a comprehensive range of articles written for and by leading practitioners and advisers working within the international business sector. The topics covered in Volume 17, the new volume for 1995, range from the ethical issues for lawyers involved in cross-border transactions to insider trading. Several of the chapters make reference to the growing European Union (EU), with one chapter focusing particularly...

The Yearbook offers an important forum for legal practitioners to address and compare practical legal issues of direct interest to their areas of specialisation. Each volume features a comprehensive range of articles written for and by leading practitioners and advisers working within the international business sector. This eighteenth volume contains chapters on: the law relating to banking competition dispute settlement foreign investment and secured transactions general commercial issues facing international businesses the various laws and regulations governing investment and the...