Although this book has been many years in its gestation, it tackles a relatively newly emerged problem. The law relating to the enforcement of intellectual property rights is at a confused and unsignposted cross roads; this groundbreaking new practitioners’ text seems set to chart its continued progress. Until recently United Kingdom intellectual property lawyers have not needed to concern themselves with issues of private international law. Domestic intellectual property rights were seen to be governed by the many-faceted principle of territoriality, and enforcement restricted to national jurisdictions. Two developments have led to significant change. The first is the approach