Foreword 5David RosenbergGSKIntroduction 9Paul EnglandTaylor WessingPart IAn introduction to international intellectual property instruments relevant to life sciences 19Nick BassilKilburn & StrodeAn introduction to European intellectual property rights 37Scott ParkerAdrian SmithSimmons & Simmons LLPAn introduction to European regulatory rights 69Sarah BaileyAndrew HutchinsonMarjan NoorAnn-Catherine PerroyAlexandre RegniaultSimmons & Simmons LLPSupplementary Protection Certificates 97Paul EnglandMatthew RoyleTaylor WessingLife sciences patent litigation in the UPC 117Paul EnglandTaylor WessingThe proposed Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information 133Paul EnglandMark OwenTaylor WessingPart IIAustralia 141Wayne CondonGriffith Hack LawyersBelgium 167Eric De GryseSimont BraunCanada 185Greg BeachLindsay NeidrauerPeter WilcoxMarian WolanskiBelmore Neidrauer LLPChina 209Lewis HoDechert LLPDenmark 233Kasper FrahmSture RygaardPlesnerFrance 253Alice BerendesCatherine MuylFoley HoagChantal NoëlBéatrice OrèsCabinet OrèsGermany 271Ortrun GünzelAnja LunzeTaylor WessingIndia 287Pravin AnandNeeti WilsonAnand & AnandIsrael 319Liad WhatsteinLiad Whatstein & CoItaly 339Gualtiero DragottiRoberto ValentiDLA PiperJapan 359Mami HinoAbe, Ikubo & KatayamaNetherlands 373Bas Berghuis van WoortmanMattie de KoningSimmons & Simmons LLPRussia 397Alexander ChristophoroffJulianna TabastajewaVladislav UgryumovYulia YarnykhGowlingsSouth Korea 411H Joon ChungAngela KimJeanne Jin-Hee LimSoon-Bok LeeMee Sung ShimKim & ChangSpain 427Isabel CarullaMontserrat López-BellostaMiquel MontañáClifford ChanceSwitzerland 455Esther BaumgartnerChristoph BerchtoldSimon HolzerKilian SchärliMeyerlustenberger LachenalUnited Kingdom 477Paul EnglandAmanda RowellTaylor WessingUnited States 509Katherine A HelmNoah M LeibowitzSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPAbout the authors 537.