Without question, the Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks Throughout the World is the most comprehensive, authoritative reference for the international industrial property practice. Its exhaustive contents include:
- Separate chapters, in alphabetical order, for nearly 200 countries and several regional industrial property protection systems
- The full text of the most important convention, treatises, and agreements (including the Paris Convention, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Madrid Agreement)
- A section on the European patent System, describing the European Patent Convention and its implementing regulations.
Information is given, inter alia, with respect to the following: Patents:
- Kinds of Patents available
- Duration of protection
- Who may apply
- What may be patented
- Novelty requirements
- Filing, examination and granting procedure
- Requirements for filing application
- Priority
- Annuities and other fees
- Working requirements
- Compulsory licenses
- Rights of prior use
- Restoration
- Infringement
- Assignment
- Licenses
- Marking
Trademarks:
- Duration of protection
- Legal effect
- Who may apply
- What can be registered as a mark
- What is excluded from registration
- Filing, examination and registration procedure
- Requirements for registration
- Requirements for renewal
- Assignment
- Licenses
- Infringement
- Fees
- Service marks
- Collective marks
- Certification marks
- Marking
- Use requirements
- Protection of well-known marks
- Cancellation
- Invalidation
-Classification
Designs:
- What can be protected
- Duration and renewal
- Who may apply
- Novelty requirements
- Procedure
- Requirements for filing application
- Annuities (if any)

Challenging the long-cherished notion of legal objectivity in the United States, this book argues that Chicano history has been consistently shaped by racially biased, combative legal interactions. The book is an insightful and provocative exploration of the ways Chicano and Chicana artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers engage this history in order to resist the disenfranchising effects of legal institutions, including the prison and the court.;Gutierrez-Jones examines the process by which Chicanos have become associated with criminality in both legal institutions and mainstream popular culture in America and thereby offers a new way of understanding minority social experience. Drawing on gender studies and psychoanalysis, as well as critical legal and critical race studies, Gutierrez-Jones's approach to the law and legal discourse reveals the high stakes involved when concepts of social justice are fought out in the home, in the workplace and in the streets.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) calls for statutory clarification of law on disclosure of national security-sensitive material, but finds no case for more extensive change. The Government has failed to make the case for extending "closed material procedures" to all civil proceedings and to inquests: the Government has not demonstrated that the fairness concern on which it relies to justify the proposal is in fact a real and practical problem. The Committee believes that closed material procedures are inherently unfair and the proposals in the Green Paper are a radical departure from longstanding traditions of open justice and fairness. Nor does it accept that replacing the current law governing disclosure of sensitive material (the law of Public Interest Immunity, or "PII") with closed material procedures is justified. The rule of law requires that decisions about the disclosure of material in legal proceedings be taken by judges not ministers and the current legal framework of PII has not been shown to be inadequate. There is a case, however, for that legal framework to be made clearer in the way in which it applies to national security-sensitive material and the Committee suggests how that could be done by legislation and changes to the Coroners Rules and guidance. The Committee regrets that the Green Paper overlooks the very considerable impact of its proposals on the freedom and ability of the media to report on matters of public interest and concern.

In the growing international discussion on diversity and multiculturalism, religion plays an increasing and overwhelming role. A lot has been written on religion, but an overall standard work in the form of an Encyclopaedia is lacking, namely systematic information how each State deals with religion, the role it plays or can play in society, the status of the church involved, of the clergy, school, culture and media...So, an Encyclopaedia on religious law, would really fill a gap as it would have a world wide coverage. At the same time, next to national monographs, there will be regional and international monographs concerning the place and role of religion in international treaties, as a universal human right and so on. The Encyclopaedia would also contain monograph describing and giving an in depth picture of the most important religions like Christianism, Protestantism, island, Buddhism.

Historically, men have dominated Iowa's political climate. Men drafted Iowa's constitutions, created and instituted Iowa's laws, and for years had sole access to Iowa's ballot boxes. But in 1928, a radical change occurred in Iowa politics: voters in Jackson County elected Carolyn Pendray, the first woman ever to serve in the Iowa House of Representatives. In the years following Pendray's election, other Iowa women have chosen to challenge the status quo and pursue a political career. Despite the numerous obstacles they encountered in a male-dominated system, these women politicians have shaped and defined state law through their hard work and dedication. Legislators and Politicians collects the stories of these dynamic, resourceful women. Told through a combination of interviews, newspaper articles, and personal writings, these accounts convey the varied experiences of Iowa's women politicians: their courage, humor, frustrations, and determination.

This joint report by the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission considers the redress available to consumers who have been the victims of misleading or aggressive practices by traders. Currently consumers have to rely on private law rights if they want to take action. The Commissions' review found current private law in this area to be fragmented, complex and unclear, and recommends new legislation to provide redress to consumers who experience misleading and aggressive practices in their dealings with traders. The aim is to clarify and simplify the current law on misleading practices, and to improve the law on aggressive practices by filling the gaps in the current law. Limited reform, targeting the most serious causes of consumer detriment, is proposed. The report follows the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 in most, but not all, respects. Recommendations are made on liability and remedies. Consumers would have the right to unwind the transaction (get a refund), or receive a discount on the price. Additional damages may be recoverable to compensate for additional loss. The report also considers the specific area of unfair payment collection.

This joint discussion paper covers the following issues: the business insured's duty of disclosure, and the law of warranties. Under current law, a business policyholder has a duty to disclose every material circumstance it knows about the risk it wants to insure. Failure to do so entitles the insurer to avoid the contract, which means the insurer may treat it as if it did not exist and refuse all claims. The duty is unclear and sometimes poorly understood, while the consequence of breach is too harsh. The proposals aim to clarify how policyholders are expected to comply with the duty when presenting a risk to insurers and to encourage insurers to assist them in that task. Fairer remedies for breach where the policyholder has not been dishonest., are proposed. An insurance warranty is an important term which, unless exactly complied with by the policyholder, results in the automatic discharge of the insurer's liability for loss. It makes no difference if the breach is trivial, not material to the risk or if the policyholder remedies the breach prior to loss being incurred. The Commissions propose that breach of a warranty should suspend the insurer's liability for the duration of the breach; remedy of the breach restores liability. Where a term is designed to reduce a particular type of risk, liability should only be suspended in relation to that risk. This would be mandatory for consumer insurance but subject to freedom to contract for business insurance.

This book is Australias definitive legal text on all levels of government contracting. It explains the law in a manner that is accessible to government contract managers and their private sector counterparts doing business with government. The book has been referred to as an authoritative text in State, Federal, and High Court judgments. In the first chapter, the book covers the policy debate about the use of contract by government and provides a very practical guide to the contracting out decision. The remaining chapters analyse the extra law that applies when a government body is a party to a contract. A chapter is devoted to how the Trade Practices Act and associated legislation binds--and does not bind--government bodies. As with previous editions, the latest Canadian case law is also included because it provides guidance on almost any conceivable tender mishap. This book is indispensable for lawyers, government contract managers and their private sector counterparts.

This report scrutinises the extent to which the Government's amendments to the Bill reflect the Committee's recommendations made in their first report (HLP 59/HCP 372 session 2012/13 (ISBN 9780108476242)). To the extent that the Committee is not satisfied that they do, they recommend further amendments to the Bill for consideration at Report stage. They revisit two recommendation made which have not yet been reflected in the Bill: a requirement of judicial balancing within the closed material procedure (CMP) and a 'gisting' obligation. They recommend that the Bill be amended to ensure that a full judicial balancing of interests always takes place within the CMP, weighing the public interest in the fair and open administration of justice against the likely degree of harm to the interests of national security when deciding which material should be heard in closed session and which in open session. The Committee also agrees with the Special Advocates that if there is to be a power to hold a CMP in civil proceedings, there should be an express statutory requirement in all cases to provide the excluded party with a gist of the closed material that is sufficient to enable him to give effective instructions to his Special Advocate. They therefore recommend that the Bill be amended to impose such gisting obligations

An indispensable tool for anyone studying the institutional life of contemporary China, this is an entirely new dictionary of more than 25,000 Chinese terms, at least 15,000 examples of usage, and more than 30,000 cross-references. The coverage extends from 1939 to 1977, a period of enormous terminological complexity. Often new terms become fashionable, fall into disuse, and then reappear, perhaps in modified form. Again and again old forms take on new meanings, usually in order to expedite the acceptance of new concepts. Since the dictionary covers almost every aspect of every activity dealt with by government in China since 1939, it includes a great many terms of political, historical, and sociological interest, as well as terms related strictly to law and administration. The documents and writings used as sources for this dictionary are almost entirely from Communist China. Most are legal materials, though other materials have also been used, notably special glossaries and newspapers. The Wade-Giles system of transliteration is used, but the volume contains a Chinese Transliteration Conversion Table for easy conversion to Pinyin and other systems, as well as a Radical Index.

Intellectual Property: Text and Essential Cases takes the reader to the forefront of this dynamic area of law. As in the first edition it provides a comprehensive, in-depth and engaging exposition of the principles of Intellectual Property Law and selected case extracts that illustrate the law's evolution and challenges. It covers Copyright, Moral Rights, Performers' Protection, Patents, Trade Marks, Passing Off and related actions, Designs, Plant Breeder's Rights, Circuit Layouts and Confidential Information. The second edition of Intellectual Property: Text and Essential Cases includes detailed consideration of the changes introduced by the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004 including copyright and moral rights for live performers in sound recordings; copyright and moral rights for performers of expressions of folklore; a new definition of reproduction and material form; an extension of the duration of copyright protection; new laws relating to electronic rights management, encoded broadcasts and carriage service providers; and the protection of patents for therapeutic goods. There is also a new chapter on Biotechnology Patents and coverage of other major developments and issues such as the application of Designs Act 2003; the abolition of the food exemption and the attack on farmer's rights under Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994; whether trade mark law can adequately protect cultural icons; and the proposed introduction of moral rights for Indigenous communities.

Having opened its economy to the world, Mexico has embarked on an irreversible course of economic development. It presents ever-growing investment opportunities to the global community. Mexico's expanding network of 27 free trade agreements demonstrate that it is a key centre of trade in the Americas. Its commitment to market principles is unwavering. Today, Mexico has become a global leader in attracting foreign direct investment. It is increasingly the target of savvy international investors. Its perseverance in the global market is rewarding those ready and able to invest in it. Taking advantage of huge investment opportunities in Mexico requires planning. Investors need to be aware of the legal and regulatory framework surrounding business in Mexico. Understanding the dynamic relationship between culture, business and law is indispensable to properly evaluating business opportunities there and avoiding pitfalls. Developing such understanding is a key goal of "Doing Business in Mexico". "Doing Business in Mexico" provides the lawyer or business professional with timely, practical and useful information on business law and practice. Each section includes a contribution by an expert in a dynamic area of business law. Each begins with a general overview, followed by specific commentary on the applicable legal and regulatory framework. This book emphasizes topical legal and practical problems, including ways of remedying them. Each section concludes with useful strategies, precedents, checklists and suggested further reading. An appendix contains valuable commercial laws and treaties, including among others, the NAFTA and the Mexico-EU Free Trade Agreement. "Doing Business in Mexico" provides timely and effective checklists, precedents and strategies. Among other topics, it explores: investing in Mexico - importing to and exporting from Mexico; cultural realities in Mexico - evolving economic, political thinking in Mexico; law in Mexico, the US, the Americas and Europe - comparative legal development; establishing an entity in Mexico - labour relations; licensing intellectual property -tax considerations; environmental compliance - resolving disputes; and a great deal more. Significant changes in Mexican law impacting on business transactions are constantly updated and translated.

Drawing special attention to: Real Estate Investment Trusts (Assessment and Recovery of Tax) Regulations 2006.