A practical guide to international information technology law featuring contributors who are preeminent in their fields.

Highlights of the book currently include:

National protection systems in more than 65 countries and the European Union (with respect to software, chips and databases)

EC competition law as applied to the information technology industry

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) as it relates to computer software, semiconductor chips and databases

Open source licensing

Personal data protection/privacy

Online communication and ecommerce (including distance selling)

EDI, XML and other newly emerging technologies in the electronic transmission of structured and coded messages

Enforcement of intellectual property rights

Telecommunication (including audio-visual media services)

Cybercrime

The treatise also contains several laws and regulations relevant to the area covered.

First published in 1988. Two volumes; updated with revisions.

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