This text provides a special section on the telecommunications sector. That section includes chapters on legal developments in the telecommunications industry in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Columbia, Italy, Mexico and Spain, as well as a general survey on telecommunications regulatory regimes and investment decisions. The special section is supplemented by a range of chapters dealing with antitrust and patent laws in the United States, entertainment law in Italy, tax and investment in the Czech Republic, data protection from an international perspective, licensing in Mexico, trade marks in Malaysia, investment in Ukraine and Colombia, competition law in Spain, arbitration in Turkey, asset protection, and trade dress and packaging.