International Agency, Distribution & Licensing Agreements 4th ed

The enlargement of the EU (by a further 10 states in May 2004) and a changing economic and political scene make the use of agency, distribution and licensing agreements to trade across national boundaries increasingly important.

International Agency Distribution and Licensing Agreements provides expertly drafted precedents, supported by general and clause-by-clause commentary on the legal and commercial aspects of their drafting and application. It covers the full range of agreements for both inside and outside the EU.

New in this edition:

• A completely new approach to the chapters on Distribution agreements inside the EU
  
• new and authoritative rewrite of the chapter on agency agreements to take account of the latest cases
  
• A new section on the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption and its effect on agency, franchising and distribution agreements
  
• The latest developments in manufacturing agreements, software distribution licenses, trade mark licenses and consultancy agreements.
  
• New chapters dealing with the law as it stands in the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland and Romania, along with a thorough update of the existing international chapters