Description: Intellectual property is a branch of law where international harmonization hasbeen progressing for a period of time through conventions such as the ParisConvention.This has led to increasingly more principles and rules becoming commonacross several, or even all intellectual property rights, including manyprovisions enacted at the European and international level.Harmonization continues apace (e.g. the Agreement on Trade-related Aspectsof Intellectual Property Rights) and the European Union has increased regionalharmonization through secondary level directives and regulations.Concise International and European IP Law - TRIPS, Paris Convention,European Enforcement and Transfer of Technology aims to provide a rapidunderstanding of the most important European and international texts, addressinggeneral and jurisdictional issues from a practical viewpoint. Concise International and European IP Law - TRIPS, Paris Convention,European Enforcement and Transfer of Technology is part of 'Concise IP', aseries of five volumes of commentary on European intellectual property legislationedited by Thomas Dreier, Charles Gielen and Richard Hacon. The formulaof this series is based on the successful German and Dutch formula 'KurzKommentar'and 'Tekst en Commentaar'. The five volumes cover: Patents andrelated matters, Trademarks and designs, Copyrights and neighbouring rights,IT and a general volume including jurisdictional issues.