The author's approach throughout is eminently practical, although legal rationales and underpinnings are fully explained when necessary. If a particular area of law has been significantly affected by a judicial decision (as in the important trade mark cases Chanel and Pfizer), the chapter covering that area provides a full and clear analysis. An appendix supplies the full texts of the major Korean laws in the field in force as of 2002. As one of the world¿s leaders in the design and manufacture of semiconductor chips and other computer hardware and software, Korea accommodates a great number of intellectual property applications and registrations. Its intellectual property rights system is sound and well established, and offers excellent protection to those who come to it prepared. This book is an effective and substantial means to that end.