Intellectual property harmonisation in asean and apec investigates the complex issues that lie at the root of this major block to the unhampered global flow of commerce based on intangible assets by highlighting the background of asian legal systems both in terms of culture and intellectual property systems the authors suggest how the current obstacles towards greater harmonisation and integration may be overcome defining the accepted principles enshrined in trips the paris convention . Heath christopher ed intellectual property harmonisation within asean and apec max planck series on asian intellectual property law 10 kluwer law international the hague 2004 xxiii 247 pp together with christoph antons michael blakeney. Intellectual property harmonisation in asean and apec will be of great value and interest to policymakers seeking effective enforcement of intellectual property rights to international lawyers counseling clients on asia and to academics working in the fields of intellectual property or asian law max planck series on asian intellectual property law 10. Part 4 intellectual property harmonisation in the asean countries 8 transplanted law an ideological and cultural analysis 125 of industrial property law in vietnam phatn duy nghia 9 the momentum for review of trips and harmonisation 139 of intellectual property in asean assafa endeshaw part 5 intellectual property harmonisation within apec 10 collective management of trips apec new . Intellectual property harmonisation in asean and apec will be of great value and interest to policymakers seeking effective enforcement of intellectual property rights to international lawyers counseling clients on asia and to academics working in the fields of intellectual property or asian law