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13Article 7 (3). 14See 1 Gesetz gcgen den unlauteren Wettbewerb: violation of g o o d practice:' VerstoJg gegen die guten Sitten'. is Federal Gazette No 25/1998. 16Schwarz,'Ein neues Schutzrecht fiir Datenbanken', ecolex [1998] 45; see also Chalton, 'The effect of the EC-Database Directive on United Kingdom copyright law in relation to databases', EIPR [1997] 280. 17ECJ, Decision of 20 O c t o b e r 1993, C-92/92 and 326/92. ~Sln the G e r m a n v e r s i o n of the directive the t e r m U n t e r n e h m e n is used, w h i c h encompasses all kind of undertakings and is not limited to legal entities.
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t9AIlgemeines biirgerliches Gesetzbuch -ABGB Sec. 16. 2°Supreme Court, Decision of 11 F e b r u a r y 1997 - SammlungWienerAktionismus, ENTL.R. [1998] N-37. '1E.g,, exclusive or non-exclusive licence; limited to the time the employment? 22Supreme Court, Decision of 5 S e p t e m b e r 1972 - T e l e p h o n e directories - OBI [ 19731 13. 23Supreme Court, Decision of 4 March 1980, SZ 53/35. 2~E.g. a company, not engaged in the business of selling telep h o n e directories makes 2000 copies for office use of its employees.
Book Review Information Age Information - A F r a m e w o r k for Learning in Organizations, Institutions and Culture, b y Max H. Boisot, 1995, hard-cover, Routledge, 550 pp., £26.99, ISBN 0 415 11490 X In this b o o k the author sets out to lay the foundations for a n e w political e c o n o m y of information. Information Space or I-Space is a conceptual framework within w h i c h organizations, institutions and cultures are being transformed by n e w information and communication technologies. The I-Space allows the reader to study h o w knowledge and information flow through the system and h o w they evolve as they do. Such flows describe a social learning process by means of w h i c h n e w knowledge and information can enter the system. Chapter 1 discusses the problems that economics have experienced in coming to terms with the information p h e n o m e n o n . Chapter 2 is about the production of information - - that is the way that data is processed to p r o d u c e information - - and also h o w this information is subsequently internalized to b e c o m e knowledge. Chapter 3 deals with the sharing of information, while Chapter 4 looks at the production and exchange of information as a dynamic process. In Chapter 5 the argument is advanced that institutions are themselves an o u t c o m e of information production and exchange processes and not merely devices for their governance. In Chapter 6 the author moves b e y o n d the analysis of individual institutions and develops the proposition that a political e c o n o m y of information is in fact coextensive for the t h e o r y of culture. Chapter 7 presents a case study of e c o n o m i c reforms in China and then uses the framework to interpret them. Chapter 8 - - the concluding chapter - - recapitulates the main features of the conceptual framework and maps out possible directions for its future development. Available from: International T h o m s o n Publishing Services Ltd, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hants, SPIO 5BE, UK; UK C u s t o m e r Service T e l e p h o n e : 0171 4491111 or International: +44 1264 342906; Internet: www.thomson.com.
Book Review International Trade The WTO and International Trade Regulation, e d i t e d b y Phiilip Ruttley, Ian MacVay & Carol George, 1998, soft-cover, Cameron May Ltd, 270 pp., £60, ISBN 1-874698 12 0 The p a p e r s collected in this volume c o m p r i s e the contributions by leading international trade lawyers to the inaugural conference of the World Trade Law Association (WTLA) held in London on 18 April 1997.The WTLA is a legal association recently created to provide a forum for analysis and debate in relation to the impact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on international trade. The emphasis of the 1997 conference was on the dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO, since that feature of the organization has attracted p r e p o n d e r a n t attention in the legal community.The nine chapters of the b o o k comprise the main p a p e r s given at the conference by leading experts in the field. They range from discussion of the role of the WTO in international trade regulation to trade-related intellectual property, the impact of the WTO on domestic law and policy, and the effect of WTO agreements in EC law.The w o r k also contains a n u m b e r of relevant annexes dealing with the WTLA constitution, procedural rules and other primary source material. Available from: C a m e r o n May, 69-71 Bond Way, London, SW8 1SQ, UK; Tel: +44 171 5827567; E-mail: [email protected]; Intemet: w w w . c a m e r o n m a y . c o m .
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13Article 7 (3). 14See 1 Gesetz gcgen den unlauteren Wettbewerb: violation of g o o d practice:' VerstoJg gegen die guten Sitten'. is Federal Gazette No 25/1998. 16Schwarz,'Ein neues Schutzrecht fiir Datenbanken', ecolex [1998] 45; see also Chalton, 'The effect of the EC-Database Directive on United Kingdom copyright law in relation to databases', EIPR [1997] 280. 17ECJ, Decision of 20 O c t o b e r 1993, C-92/92 and 326/92. ~Sln the G e r m a n v e r s i o n of the directive the t e r m U n t e r n e h m e n is used, w h i c h encompasses all kind of undertakings and is not limited to legal entities.
L a w -- A u s t r i a
t9AIlgemeines biirgerliches Gesetzbuch -ABGB Sec. 16. 2°Supreme Court, Decision of 11 F e b r u a r y 1997 - SammlungWienerAktionismus, ENTL.R. [1998] N-37. '1E.g,, exclusive or non-exclusive licence; limited to the time the employment? 22Supreme Court, Decision of 5 S e p t e m b e r 1972 - T e l e p h o n e directories - OBI [ 19731 13. 23Supreme Court, Decision of 4 March 1980, SZ 53/35. 2~E.g. a company, not engaged in the business of selling telep h o n e directories makes 2000 copies for office use of its employees.
Book Review Information Age Information - A F r a m e w o r k for Learning in Organizations, Institutions and Culture, b y Max H. Boisot, 1995, hard-cover, Routledge, 550 pp., £26.99, ISBN 0 415 11490 X In this b o o k the author sets out to lay the foundations for a n e w political e c o n o m y of information. Information Space or I-Space is a conceptual framework within w h i c h organizations, institutions and cultures are being transformed by n e w information and communication technologies. The I-Space allows the reader to study h o w knowledge and information flow through the system and h o w they evolve as they do. Such flows describe a social learning process by means of w h i c h n e w knowledge and information can enter the system. Chapter 1 discusses the problems that economics have experienced in coming to terms with the information p h e n o m e n o n . Chapter 2 is about the production of information - - that is the way that data is processed to p r o d u c e information - - and also h o w this information is subsequently internalized to b e c o m e knowledge. Chapter 3 deals with the sharing of information, while Chapter 4 looks at the production and exchange of information as a dynamic process. In Chapter 5 the argument is advanced that institutions are themselves an o u t c o m e of information production and exchange processes and not merely devices for their governance. In Chapter 6 the author moves b e y o n d the analysis of individual institutions and develops the proposition that a political e c o n o m y of information is in fact coextensive for the t h e o r y of culture. Chapter 7 presents a case study of e c o n o m i c reforms in China and then uses the framework to interpret them. Chapter 8 - - the concluding chapter - - recapitulates the main features of the conceptual framework and maps out possible directions for its future development. Available from: International T h o m s o n Publishing Services Ltd, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hants, SPIO 5BE, UK; UK C u s t o m e r Service T e l e p h o n e : 0171 4491111 or International: +44 1264 342906; Internet: www.thomson.com.
Book Review International Trade The WTO and International Trade Regulation, e d i t e d b y Phiilip Ruttley, Ian MacVay & Carol George, 1998, soft-cover, Cameron May Ltd, 270 pp., £60, ISBN 1-874698 12 0 The p a p e r s collected in this volume c o m p r i s e the contributions by leading international trade lawyers to the inaugural conference of the World Trade Law Association (WTLA) held in London on 18 April 1997.The WTLA is a legal association recently created to provide a forum for analysis and debate in relation to the impact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on international trade. The emphasis of the 1997 conference was on the dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO, since that feature of the organization has attracted p r e p o n d e r a n t attention in the legal community.The nine chapters of the b o o k comprise the main p a p e r s given at the conference by leading experts in the field. They range from discussion of the role of the WTO in international trade regulation to trade-related intellectual property, the impact of the WTO on domestic law and policy, and the effect of WTO agreements in EC law.The w o r k also contains a n u m b e r of relevant annexes dealing with the WTLA constitution, procedural rules and other primary source material. Available from: C a m e r o n May, 69-71 Bond Way, London, SW8 1SQ, UK; Tel: +44 171 5827567; E-mail: [email protected]; Intemet: w w w . c a m e r o n m a y . c o m .
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