International Copyright Law: U.S. and E.U. Perspectives

Text and Cases

Jane C. Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia University, School of Law, New York, US and Edouard Treppoz, Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

This ground-breaking casebook provides a comprehensive and comprehensible account of International Copyright Law and its neighbouring rights, helping students to chart a path through these often difficult waters. It illuminates the fundamental influence of the conventions and treaties that have shaped the current set of international norms, from the Berne Convention, and the Rome Convention of 1961, through to the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the TRIPS Agreement.

‘Professors Ginsburg and Treppoz’s pioneer casebook, International Copyright Law: US and EU Perspectives, is a ground-breaking contribution of this kind. It sets up a framework, hands over a guide map to students and facilitates them with interpretation tools and vivid examples for their international copyright law journey. Elaborately designed questions imply further upgraded research possibilities from all angles and are challenging and inspiring not only to students but to scholars and practitioners.’
– Journal of Contemporary European Research

‘This book represents a unique synthetic presentation of today's positive law as regards international copyright law and its reception in the two main Western blocks. It is a must for students and teachers. Researchers, in my opinion, need the book since the sum it represents is what we all should know before drafting the first words of any opinion.’
– International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law