New Edge Publication

Border Measures

Even though he is a tiny chip partisan, IPKat co-bloggie Jeremy can't help beingness impressed past times Oxford University Press's latest title, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Measures: Law in addition to Practice inwards the EU, edited past times the bustling Belgians Olivier Vrins (Altius, left) in addition to Marius Schneider (Gevers).

This mass is a practical direct to the purpose of border measures against the importation of goods infringing IP rights into the EU. It contains a blow-by-blow occupation organisation human relationship of Regulations 1383/2003 (customs activity against goods suspected of infringing for certain IP rights) in addition to 1891/2004 (which implements it). Olivier in addition to Marius assembled a squad which was primed to tackle the practical aspects of problems involving multi-state abuses of IP rights (including how to contact customs authorities, useful website addresses, in addition to more); it contains a practiced bargain of fundamental data that is non e'er readily available - in addition to which, several of the chapter authors confessed, they didn't know fifty-fifty existed until Olivier in addition to Marius goaded them into earthworks it up.

In improver to framework chapters on the Regulations in addition to their backgrouns in addition to international context, the mass contains 25 national reports, each written to the same template. This makes it easier to compare dissimilar national approaches and, the publisher's blurb suggests, to brand strategic decisions (though the IPKat pauses to reverberate on a paradox: spell a large mass of accurate data makes for amend decisions, it makes it to a greater extent than hard to attain a conclusion at all). The mass concludes amongst roughly comments past times Jeremy on the unique nature of the problems thrown upwards past times the confluence of shared in addition to conflicting interests at the signal at which IP owners seek to stalk the tide of counterfeits in addition to infringements.

The publication of this mass marks the terminate of a procedure inwards which the 2 editors, amongst a mixture of optimism, energy, enthusiasm, practiced planning in addition to sheer persistence, saw the projection through in addition to brought it to fruition. If they are every bit active inwards marketing the mass every bit they were inwards overseeing its production, the IPKat confidently predicts that every identify inwards Europe volition possess 2 or 3 copies!

Left: a European Commissioner models the smart novel uniform for all customs officials who are empowered to detain goods nether Regulation 1383/2003

At £175 for the hardback mass (there is no paperback alternative) the cost seems steep, simply (if you lot include the prelims in addition to the index) at that topographic point are to a greater extent than than 1,400 pages to proceed you lot occupied on that long flying to the Moon in addition to back. There's likewise a particular bonus inwards the degree of a website, www.bordermeasures.com, on which the editors pledge to offering in addition to study on the latest post-publication developments, amongst commentary where appropriate. The ISBN is 10: 0-19-928879-8 (13: 978-0-19-928879-3 from 2007). Will non check inwards a pocket. Rupture facture: high.