“Some people see things as they are and ask 'why'? Others dream things that never were and say 'why not'?” This famous sentence from G. B. Shaw describes the aim of this work accurately. The many failures in the establishment of a European patent system should not discourage the legislator...

This annual survey of Chinese judicial practice in private international law in 2006 opens with an analysis of several significant judicial interpretations which will serve as guidelines for Chinese courts at various levels in charge of cases involving foreign elements, and which may give rise...