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Carnival Corporation & plc Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings
Carnival Corporation & plc reported net income of $248 million, with earnings per share increasing almost 30 percent to $0.31 diluted EPS, on revenues of $3.5 billion for its fourth quarter ended November 30, 2010.
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European Copyright Law: A Commentary $377.06 This book is an updated English language version of a highly regarded commentary published in German by Springer in 2001, covering all of the EU Directives on copyright law and related rights, with article-by-article analysis of the provisions, as well as the relevant background of general EC law.The analysis of each article examines its antecedents in national laws, the negotiating history, the m…

Trade Mark Dilution in Europe and the United States $191.74 The only comparison of EU and US protection against trade mark dilution, this book provides a complete overview of the dilution action, enabling practitioners to better protect trade marks against dilution or to combat dilution claims. Through clear and practical tests for the different types of dilution, this book demonstrates how to prove that a mark is famous, how to prove blurring, tarnishing …

The Economics of the European Patent System: IP Policy for Innovation and Competition $41.00 Why does society allow, or even encourage, private appropriation of inventions? When do patents encourage competition, when do they hamper it? How should society design the compromise between the interest of the inventor and the interest of the users of patented inventions? How should the patent system adapt to new technological areas?These questions and many more are addressed by the authors in t…