The book delineates, with extraordinary clarity and precision, the working of unfair competition law throughout the European Union. Its four comprehensive chapters encompass: basic considerations of definition, subject matter, enforcement, and applicable law: international provisions under the Paris convention, TRIPS, and WIPO model law; analysis of relevant EC directives and regulations and ECJ jurisprudence; and extensive discussions of the national unfair competition laws of all 25 Member States. For each Member State, specific topics covered include such considerations as the following: sources of law; competition law in a nutshell; regulation of advertising; direct marketing; sales promotion; risk of confusion; disparagement, defamation; misappropriation, imitation; impediment of competitors; and breach of the law. The author also provides a selected bibliography of sources for each country. It would be difficult to find a more useful analysis of European Unfair Competition Law than this systematic study. It is practical, thorough, clarifying, and readable, all at the same time. The author untangles the most complex of apparent contradictions with impressive skill. Copies of this book will quickly take their places on the working shelves of interested practitioners, academics, and officials throughout Europe.

To face a business crisis and protect your clients' interests, put the strength of the Lanham Act -- and its powerful Section 43(a) addressing unfair competition -- to work for you. Whether you are pursuing or defending a claim, this practice-oriented guide gives you valuable advice from a successful litigator. The author covers the Act's full scope of protection, including causes of action, evidence requirements, available defenses, and remedies. You get: -- circuit-by-circuit breakdown of trademark and trade dress decisions -- analysis of possible causes of action under the Act's Section 43(a) -- discussion of related federal and state laws -- case table, text of the Lanham Act, checklists, and more