Digital content and digital delivery of content and information are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, driven by the expanding technological capabilities and performance of delivery platforms, the rapid uptake of broadband technologies and improved performance of hardware and software. Network...

Dieser Bericht verdeutlicht in einem umfassenden Überblick die intensiven Versuche Bulgariens, der Tschechoslowakei, Ungarns, Polens und Rumäniens in bezug auf eine Verbesserung der Gesetzgebung zum Schutz geistigen Eigentums. Diese Maßnahmen finden vor dem Hintergrund schwerwiegender...

The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. Below threshold contracts are not covered by the procurement Directives. However, below threshold contracts comprise the vast majority of contracts awarded by...

When a contracting authority enters into a contract with an economic operator, the arrangement cannot just be left to run. It must be managed to enable both the contracting authority and the economic operator to meet their contractual obligations. Contracts are frequently complex, may involve...