Federal Republic of Germany : ESSER, Rainer. Introduction : Description of intellectual property rights, sources of law, acquisition and enforcement of legal rights, interfaces between intellectual property systems; BRANDI-DOHRN, Matthias, CHROCZIEL, Peter. Patent Law : Introduction, historical development of the patent system, patentability and validity, the patenting process, patent rights, infringement, ownership and transfer, international aspects; HARTE-BAVENDAMM, Henning. Trade secrets - confidentiality : Introduction, historical development, general requirements for protection, protection under criminal law, protection under civil law, ownership and transfer, antitrust law aspects; ROJAHN, Sabine. Copyright law : Introduction, historical development of copyright system, copyrightability, ownership of copyright, rights of copyright, infringement, ownership and transfer, international considerations, related property rights; CHROCZIEL, Peter. Trademark law : Introduction, historical development of trademark protection, requirements for protection, acquisition of trademark rights, trademark rights, infringement, ownership and transfer, international questions; SALGER, Hanns-Christian. Passing off : protection against imitations under the unfair competition act : Introduction, the historical development, the basic concept today, direct reproduction and precise imitation, creative imitations, avoidable confusion regarding commercial origin, exploitation of reputation, obstructive practices, main groups of cases and typical issues; BRANDI-DOHRN, Matthias, CHROCZIEL, Peter. Special forms : utility models; plant protection; semiconductor chip design protection Utility models, plant and plant variety protection, semiconductor chip design protection; Austria : WALTER, Michel, HALLAS, Peter. Introduction : General description of intellectual property rights, sources of law, constitutional principles, acquisition and enforcement of legal rights, remedies, interfaces among intellectual property systems; KUCSKO, Guido. Product imitation ; unfair competition : Introduction, misappropriation of a work, imitation of a work, responsibility of dealers, legal effects, bibliography; WALTER, Michel, GRAESER, Peter. Patent law : Introduction, historical development of the patent system, the patenting proceeding, patent rights, infringement, ownership and transfer, international aspects; ROETTINGER, Moritz. Trade secrets - confidentiality : Introduction, requirements for protection, trade secret rights, misappropriation, breach of confidence, ownership and transfer; WALTER, Michel. Copyright law : Introduction, historical development and function of copyright system, copyrightability, acquisition of copyright, formalities, rights, infringement, ownership and transfer, international considerations; HOLESCHOFSKY, Peter. Trademark law : Introduction, historical development of trademark protection, requirements for protection, acquisition of trademark rights, trademark rights, infringement, ownership and transfers; KUCSKO, Guido. Protection of designs : Introduction, act on protection of designs of 1970 (MustG), act of protection of designs of 1990 (MuSchG), bibliography; ROETTINGER, Moritz. Semiconductor chip design protection : General remarks, protected object, owner of the right, beginning of the protection, scope of protection, annulment and deprivation, infringement, copyright; Switzerland : ENGLERT, Christian, KERR, Andrew. Introduction : The law, miscellaneous property rights, creation of intellectual property rights, duration of rights, expiry, territorial limits, international conventions, transfer and inheritance, license agreements, legal protection, invalidity action, which court is competent? agreement on place of jurisdiction and courts of arbitration; ENGLERT, Christian, KERR, Andrew. Patent law : The development of Swiss patent legislation, international developments, what is patentable? absence of a technical teaching according to the patent act, unpatentable inventions, inventive level, novelty, industrial applicability, the right to the patent, the filing procedure; DAVID, Lucas, STRAHLBERG, Alfred M. Trade secrets - confidentiality : Introduction, historical development, requirements for protection, trade secret rights, misappropriation, breach of confidence, ownership and transfer; DAVID, Lucas, STRAHLBERG, Alfred M. Copyright law : Introduction, historical development, copyrightability, acquisition of copyright - formalities, rights of copyright, infringement, ownership and transfer, international considerations; DAVID, Lucas, STRAHLBERG, Alfred M. Trademark law : Introduction, historical development of trademark protection, requirements for protection, acquisition of trademark rights, trademark rights, infringement, ownership and assignment; Index;

Introduction / Dr. Rainer Esser
Patent law / Dr. Matthias Brandi-Dohrn, Dr. Peter Chroczei
Trade secrets-confidentiality / Dr. Henning Harte-Bavendamm
Copyright law / Dr. Sabine Rojahn
Trademark law / Dr. Peter Chrocziel
Passing off: protection against imitations under the unfair competition act / Dr. Hanns-Christian Salger
Special forms: utility models; plant protection; semiconductor chip design protection / Dr. Matthias Brandi-Dohrn, Dr. Peter Chrocziel
Introduction / Dr. Michel Walter, Dr. Peter Hallas
Product imitation; unfair competition / Dr. Guido Kucsko
Patent Law / Dr. Michel Walter, Dr. Peter Graser.