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This masterful analysis of patent law in India, by two of India's most distinguished jurists, investigates thoroughly the scope of the possible answers to these crucial questions. Recognizing the...

Editor --Contributors --Preface --US Law --EU Law and Law of the Member States --Asia --Conclusions.Author: Rafal SikorskiPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: Nov 28, 2018Number of...

This work examines the requirements for patentability in the context of biotechnology, with a special focus on the non-obviousness requirement. It analyses non-obviousness as applied to biotechnology...

About the Authors --Preface --List of Abbreviations --Why Germany? --Sources of Law --Structure of Legal System --Forms of Patent Protection: Background on Prosecution --Patentability Standards...

Many applicants use the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system as a first step to obtain patent protection for their inventions in a large number of countries. This practice-oriented book on the PCT...

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the international case law dealing with the notion of permanent establishment'. More than 450 judicial and administrative decisions from 19...

This book is a comprehensive review of the tax treaty concept of a permanent establishment' from its origins in early Prussian and British tax law to its present manifestation in over 1250 bilateral...

Following the success of our previous two reports relating to 'Personal Injury Awards in EU and EFTA Countries' we have undertaken some further research to produce a third edition. The report...

Economic activity, Professor Qureshi insists, is a visible manifestation of the human condition. The laws that regulate it and develop its norms must be deeply human. International economic law must...

Perspectives on Nuclear Accident in Western EuropeAuthor: Peter D. CameronPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: Jan 01, 1984Number of Pages: 320 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

In a three-day symposium held at the School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary in...

In sharp contrast to the globally expressed concern regarding the emission of CO2 stemming from the burning and combustion of fossil fuels, and the ongoing efforts to establish a new global Climate...

Data exclusivity gives pharmaceutical companies a limited period of time in which clinical test data are exclusive to the innovator. Internationally, however, aside from prohibition against unfair...

When courts and#8216;pierce the corporate veiland#8217;, they disregard the separateness of the corporation and hold a shareholder responsible for the corporationand#8217;s action as if it were the...

State Enterprises are separate and legally independent from the state and should therefore be treated in the same manner as private corporations ?' that is, neither privileged nor disadvantaged...

This important volume by two renowned scholars offers a radical and original strategy to change the way the problem of intervention into internal state conflicts is handled by the world community of...

This important volume by two renowned scholars offers a radical and original strategy to change the way the problem of intervention into internal state conflicts is handled by the world community of...

Based on consent, a successful arbitration supposes a harmonious cooperation between parties, arbitrators, and other actors of the proceedings, including arbitral institutions. However, many factors...

When we consider the ideal of the family' of nations implied by the European Union, it seems unnatural to deal with the question of where Europe's borders lie. Yet the question is urgently raised by...

As a result of high levels of income and consumer spending, Poland has been an increasingly interesting destination for trade. It is particularly attractive to foreign investors seeking to establish...

The expansion of the fund industry has been one of the most notable trends in the financial markets of recent years. Not only has the demand for funds among EU investors grown, but both the number...

Postnational Democracy examines the concept of political community beyond the Nation State and discusses its possible structure in the context of the European Union. It explores the evolution of...

With a Preface by Mr. Y. Paleokrassas, European Commissioner for the Environment, this work, copublished with the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, indicates how...

Doing International Business? Here are the Tools! Power Tools for Negotiating International Deals is a nuts and bolts guide. This book is the handbook read before the negotiation. It is also to be...

Because agreements concerning oil and gas upstream activities have historically been developed in common law jurisdictions, a growing concern for the petroleum industry is that a some upstream...

Sport is recreational, social, educational, healthful, and cultural. It has always been all of these things. Perhaps also it has always been political. In recent years, however, it has become...

This book examines the nature of pre-contractual liability in English and French law and the extent to which the arguments of risk determine the imposition of liability during the negotiation process...

List of Abbreviations --Acknowledgements --Introduction --The Meaning of Public Policy --'Public Policy' and the Even More Unpredictable 'Social and Public Interest' in PRC Arbitration Law and Their...

There is a fundamental reason, the authors of this book contend, why national financial systems falter and collapse: the failure of central banks and other supervisory authorities to deal promptly...

Marine oil pollution is one of the most damaging environmental liabilities of our time, and is taken very seriously by governments. Although international conventions take the lead in the legal...