Technological transfers to Eastern Europe

Summary form only given, as follows. The author compares and contrasts the evolving laws to protect industrial technology in Eastern European countries such as Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. The advantages and disadvantages of each country's patent, trademark, service mark, and copyright laws have been compared. Treatment of industrial development and transfers of technology as trade secrets are examined to evaluate whether the specific country adequately allows foreign-developed technology to be patented. The Convention to Establish a World Intellectual Property Organization and the Paris Convention for Protection of Intellectual Property and other applicable international treaties are also reviewed.<>