EU DEVELOPMENTS IN IP, IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 137 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-3649
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-3649(01)00117-0

✦ Synopsis

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie's column on recent developments in EC law relating to IP, IT and

Telecommunications. This article is updated for each edition of this Journal to reflect those developments on a European level which are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of information technology, E-commerce, telecommunications and intellectual property areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. For clarity, developments are not always kept on the table once finalised, readers should revert to earlier issues/academic texts for legislation which is more than six months old. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside web sites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.
EU DEVELOPMENTS IN IP, IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW A. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Copyright

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