This volume, first published in 1994, is the first collection of original research on the relationships between industrial property and economic development. The contributors, all specialists in their field, highlight the emerging conflicts between the users and the providers of industrial premises; conflicts that may undermine economic potential. The need for flexibility in the use and provision of industrial premises is explored in three contexts: the transformation of the urban fringe; the development of hi-tech premises; and the redevelopment of old or derelict premises.

This booklet provides an introduction for newcomers to the subject of industrial property. It explains the principles underpinning industrial property rights, and describes the most common forms of industrial property, including patents and utility models for inventions, industrial designs, trademarks and geographical indications.

An important reference book both now and post 1992. It gives a clear introduction to the industrial property market in Europe and provides the information needed to understand each country's system of planning and property development.

Lectures and country papers delivered at the WIPO-LAWASIA seminar on industrial property organized by WIPO at Bangkok, Thailand, in March 1983, in cooperation with LAWASIA and with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

This work is intended to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, adopted and signed on March 20, 1883.