Publisher's Synopsis
<p> <font size="4">Now also available as <a href="http://kluwer-law-e-boek.mijnboekhandelaar.com/Book/Hacon-Richard-and-Giel.../Concise-Internationa.../9789041137654.html"> eBook</a></font> </p> <p> A number of statutory provisions enacted at European or international level are of great importance for all intellectual property rights. </p> <p> In particular for practitioners but also for scholars this book provides for a commentary on the TRIPS Agreement and the Paris Convention and on European law on the enforcement of IP Rights such as the Enforcement Directive EC/2004/48 and the Regulation EC/1383/2003 on Customs Action further on the Regulation EC/44/2001 on Jurisdiction and Enforcement. </p> <p> Further of high practical relevance a commentary Regulation EC/772/2004 on Technology Transfer Agreements and on Regulation EC/864/2007 on the Applicable Law to Non-Contractual Obligations (Rome II). </p> <p> </p> <p> <br />Key features include: </p> <p> <br />• An article-by-article commentary on the relevant international treaties and European instruments </p> <p> • It is intended to provide the reader with a short and straightforward explanation of the principles of law to be drawn from each provision </p> <p> • Editors and authors are all prominent specialists (academics and practitioners) in the field of international and European IP law </p> <p> <br />Concise International and European IP Law - TRIPS, Paris Convention, European Enforcement and Transfer of Technology is part of 'Concise IP', a series of five volumes of commentary on European intellectual property legislation edited by Thomas Dreier, Charles Gielen and Richard Hacon. The formula of this series is based on the successful German and Dutch formula 'KurzKommentar' and 'Tekst en Commentaar'. The five volumes cover: Patents and related matters, Trademarks and designs, Copyrights and neighbouring rights, IT and a general volume including jurisdictional issues. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>