The relationship between intellectual property and private international law is a fascinating and multi-faceted one. Both fields are inherently international, but it is the exponential increase in conflicts involving trans-border elements, in a world characterized by global trade and borderless communication structures, that has, in modern times, drawn the two disciplines close. The essays contained in this book, first presented at a symposium in Munich, set out possible visions for a future system of international and regional jurisdiction and applicable law that is better adapted to the increasingly supranational character of IP rights. A second feature of the book is its treatment of “harmonization” of choice-of-law issues. Framed by these two elements — international jurisdiction on the one hand and perspectives for harmonized choice of law rules in an international context on the other — specific European themes are also addressed: jurisdiction, the establishment of a European judiciary in the patent field, the relationship between regional (European) systems and an international jurisdiction convention, and the recent proposal for a Regulation on applicable law in non-contractual relationships (Rome II).
Author(s): Josef Drexl, Annette Kur
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 371
Half Title Page......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
Part One: Jurisdiction......Page 13
I. The Proposed Hague Convention......Page 15
The Hague Conference Project for a Global Convention on Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement in Civil and Commercial Matters – An Update......Page 17
II. The MPI Proposal......Page 31
Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments – The General Structure of the MPI Proposal......Page 33
Provisional Measures and Multiple Defendants in the MPI Proposal......Page 47
Contractual Jurisdiction Clauses and Intellectual Property......Page 67
III. Current Developments in Patent Law......Page 97
The EPLA Project and the Forthcoming Community Patent System – A Model for IP in General?......Page 99
The Relationship Between Regional (Patent) Judiciary Systems in Europe and International Conventions – Smooth Coexistence or Confusion?......Page 113
Part Two: Choice of Law......Page 137
I. General Principles......Page 139
Choice of Law and Intellectual Property......Page 141
II. European Issues......Page 161
The Proposed Rome II Regulation: European Choice of Law in the Field of Intellectual Property......Page 163
Comments: The Rome II Regulation Proposal and its Relation to the European Country-of-Origin Principle......Page 189
Choice-of-Law Rules in the EU – Special Issues with Respect to Community Rights – Infringement of Community Trade Marks and Applicable Law......Page 213
Community IP Rights & Conflict of Laws – Community Trademark, Community Design, Community Patent – Applicable Law for Claims for Damages......Page 227
III. International Issues......Page 239
Recent Judgments in Japan on Intellectual Property Rights, Conflict of Laws and International Jurisdiction......Page 241
Choice of Law in the Digital Environment – Problems and Possible Solutions......Page 253
The Joint Recommendation Concerning Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet......Page 269
Who Decides on the Colours of Films on the Internet? Drafting of Choice-of-Law Rules for the Determination of Initial Ownership of Film Works vis-à-vis Global Acts of Exploitationon the Internet......Page 277
Alternatives to the lex protectionis as the Choice-of-Law Rule for Initial Ownership of Copyright......Page 301
Annex......Page 319
I. General Directions......Page 320
II. The MPI Proposal......Page 321
III. Hague Conference Project......Page 347
IV. WIPO Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet......Page 360
V. The Proposed Rome II Regulation......Page 366
VI. The Proposed Community Patent Judiciary......Page 373
