International Agency, Distribution and Licensing Agreements

This is a practical guide to the legal and commercial factors involved in the negotiation and drafting of international agency, distribution and manufacturing agreements for the supply of goods, both inside and outside the EC. It includes specialist commentary and full precedents. This new edition has been expanded and revised to take account of the onset of the Single European Market and includes the EC Directives on Agency Agreements and Distribution, the EC Block Exemptions on Franchising and Know-How, and new case law. Also included are amendments to the law surrounding unregistered Designs and Patents Acts 1988 and an outlie of the new knowhow regulation which came into effect from July 1989.