This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in the field of antitrust and intellectual property. The first part discusses the allocation of liability for infringement of antitrust laws between corporations and individuals. The book explores the criminal or administrative sanctions available against corporations, companies or group of companies, and individuals, such as employees or directors. A detailed international report explores the major trends and challenges in this field and provides an excellent comparative study of this complex and challenging subject.

The second part examines whether intellectual property rights are sufficiently protected to ensure a fair return on investments made by manufacturers and distributors. This question comes at a time where distribution is facing deep and radical changes with the Internet. To what extent this is an opportunity or a threat to the sustainability of distribution systems of differentiated and IP protected goods is the question. This book brings together the current legal responses across a number of European countries and elsewhere in the world, all summarised and elaborated in an international report.

The book also includes the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) following a debate on each of these topics, which include proposed solutions and recommendations. The LIDC is a long-standing international association that focuses on the interface between competition law and intellectual property law, including unfair competition issues.

Provides an analysis of two "hot topics" in the field of antitrust and unfair competition law Identifies general trends and highlights differences and the most interesting features of national regulations in the relevant fields Written by prominent and respected practitioners in the field Covers a broad range of jurisdictions

Inhalt
FM,- Part I Liability for Antitrust Law Infringements ,- International Report,- Austria,- Belgium,- France,- Germany,- Hong Kong,- Hungary,-Italy,- Spain,- Sweden,- Switzerland,- United Kingdom,- Ukraine,- Part II Protections of IP Rights in Distribution ,- International Report,- Austria,- Belgium,- Brazil,- Czech Republic,- Hong Kong,- Hungary,- Italy,- Romania,- Spain,- Sweden,- Switzerland.