Scientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: The fundamental aim for undertaking a research is to discover something unknown and thus, to develop and extend human knowledge (Veal 1996). A determining decision that is to be made prior to conducting the actual research process is the analysis of the horizons offered by various research approaches and the clear selection of those among them that are most appropriate for achieving results that reflect to a greatest extent the objectives set. ...