The book contains an overview of unfair competition law for the protection of intellectual and industrial creations in the EU, the US, and other jurisdictions, such as Canada, Australia, and South Africa. It also contains a comparative theoretical study of the legal and economic justification of the law.

Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements presents the papers of the sixth IP conference organized by the Macau Institute of European Studies (IEEM) on intellectual property law and the economic challenges for Asia. The comprehensive objective of these conferences is to provide up-to-date information on developments in global intellectual property law and policy and their impact on regional economic and cultural development. The current volume deals with the implications of free trade agreements for the international framework of intellectual property law, a topic of enormous economic...

This festschrift features 15 country reports on the patent enforcement practice of the world's most litigated countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Litigation strategies for both right owners and alleged infringers are explained against the background of case law on: types of action * standing to sue * jurisdiction * obtaining evidence * provisional and final measures * trial practice * types of infringement * remedies and counterclaims * costs and issues of retrial * threats and wrongful enforcement. Special chapters cover the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement...