Legal Protection of Technical Information and Trade Marks - SECTION A: COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACTUAL BACKGROUND - Assignments and Licences - Royalty Determination - Negotiating the Licence Contract - Some Principles of Contract Law - The Licensing Agreement: An Introduction - Writing the Agreement - Section B: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AGREEMENTS - Free Movement of Goods and Intellectual Property Rights in the European Community - Restrictive Agreements and Article 85, Treaty of Rome - Restrictive Agreements and Article 86, Treaty of Rome - Notifications, Investigations and Decisions - Exemption by Regulation and Decision Under Community Competition Law - SECTION C: SPECIFIC TERMS IN TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AGREEMENTS - Representations, Warranties and Covenants - Scope of a Licence - Production and Marketing of the Licensed Products - Transfer of Technology - Rights to Technological Advances - The Money Consideration: Royalties - Maintenance, Protection and Defence of Licensed Property - Termination of Agreement - Miscellaneous Terms - Pooling Agreements and Package Licences - Computer Software Licensing Agreements - Research and Development Contracts - Legal Liability of Technology Licensors for Defective Products or Processes - SECTION D: COMPETITION LAW IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - Competition Law in the USA - Japanese Anti-Monopoly Law - SECTION E: COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION AGREEMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - Appointment of Commercial Representative - Commercial Agency Agreement - Distributorship Agreement - Appendices - Index
