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    Intellectual property and private international law / edited by James Fawcett, Paul Torremans.

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    • Title:Intellectual property and private international law / edited by James Fawcett, Paul Torremans.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Fawcett, J. J.
      Torremans, Paul.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Conflict of laws--Intellectual property--Great Britain.
      Conflict of laws--Intellectual property.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:lxvii, 986 pages ; 26 cm.
    • Series:Oxford private international law series.
    • Notes:Previous ed.: 1988 entered under Fawcett.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780199556588 (hbk.)
      019955658X
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. A JURISDICTION
      Preliminary Remarks
      1. Creation and Validity of Intellectual Property Rights: Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. Substantive Law Background
      1. How is an Intellectual Property Right Created?
      2. Revocation of a Registered Intellectual Property Right
      3. How does Litigation Arise?
      III. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      IV. Jurisdictional Provisions
      1. Introduction
      2. Special Jurisdictional Rules
      3. Jurisdictional Rules of General Application
      V. European Patents: Parallel Validity Proceedings
      1. Problem of Parallel Validity Proceedings
      2. Stay of the English Revocation Proceedings
      2. Entitlement to the Grant and Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights: Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. How Disputes Arise
      III. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      IV. Jurisdictional Provisions
      1. Introduction
      2. Special Jurisdictional Rules
      3. Jurisdictional Rules of General Application
      V. European Patents: Parallel Entitlement Proceedings
      3. Contracts in Relation to the Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights: Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. Substantive Law Background
      III. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      IV. Jurisdictional Provisions
      1. Introduction
      2. EC/EFTA Rules
      3. Traditional Rules
      4. Validity of the Contract
      5. Specific Aspects of Transfer of Technology Contracts
      6. Anti-Trust Issues
      4. Infringement: Preliminary Matters
      I. Introduction
      II. Substantive Law
      1. What Constitutes an Infringement?
      2. Elements of Infringement
      III. How do Jurisdictional Problems Arise?
      5. Infringement: Jurisdiction under the European Community/European Free Trade Association Rules
      I. Introduction
      II. When do the Rules Apply?
      III. Bases of Jurisdiction
      1. General Jurisdiction: Article 2
      2. Special Jurisdiction: Articles 5 and 6
      3. Exclusive Jurisdiction: Article 22
      4. Exclusive Jurisdiction: Article 23
      5. Submission to Jurisdiction: Article 24
      IV. Abuse of Process
      V. Declining Jurisdiction
      1. Under the EC/EFTA Rules
      2. Using the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens?
      3. Using the Doctrine of `Reflexive' Effects
      4. Using Case Management Powers
      5. Restraining Foreign Proceedings
      VI. Defendant's Response to Infringement Proceedings
      VII. Delaying Tactics by the Defendant
      1. Pre-Emptive Action
      2. After Commencement of an Infringement Action
      VIII. Are there Subject Matter Limitations on Jurisdiction?
      1. Position under the EC/EFTA Rules
      2. Judicial Misunderstanding
      3. Point is Now Settled
      4. Foreign Rights Created outside the EC/EFTA States
      5. Infringements Committed outside the EC/EFTA States
      6. Difficulties in Establishing a Basis of Jurisdiction against the Person
      IX. Forum Shopping
      1. Choice of Fora
      2. Advantages to be Obtained
      X. Infringement and Validity
      XI. Infringement of a European Patent and Opposition Proceedings
      1. Criteria for the Exercise of the Discretion
      2. Is this Discretion Compatible with the Brussels I Regulation and Lugano Convention?
      XII. Infringement and Licensing Agreements
      XIII. Infringement and Settlement Agreements
      1. Action for Breach of Contract
      2. Impediment to an Action for Infringement
      XIV. Provisional Measures
      1. Article 31
      2. Infringement Cases
      XV. Cross-Border Injunctions
      1. Jurisdiction to Grant a Cross-Border Injunction
      2. Willingness to Grant Cross-Border Injunctions
      3. Recognition and Enforcement of Cross-Border Interim Injunctions
      XVI. Obtaining Information
      1. Obtaining Information in England
      2. Obtaining Information Elsewhere in Europe
      6. Infringement: Jurisdiction under the Traditional Rules
      I. Introduction
      II. Bases of Jurisdiction
      1. Service of a Claim Form within the Jurisdiction
      2. Service of a Claim Form out of the Jurisdiction
      III. Declining Jurisdiction and Restraining Foreign Proceedings
      1. Forum Non Conveniens
      2. Restraining Foreign Proceedings
      IV. State Immunity
      V. Subject Matter Limitations in Relation to Jurisdiction
      1. Foreign Immovable Property
      2. Foreign Intellectual Property Rights
      3. Infringements Abroad
      4. Intra-UK Cases
      VI. Forum Shopping
      1. Choice of Fora
      2. Advantages to be Obtained
      VII. Infringement and Validity
      VIII. Infringement of a European Patent and Opposition Proceedings
      IX. Infringement and Licensing Agreements
      X. Infringement and Settlement Agreements
      1. Action for Breach of Contract
      2. Impediment to an Action for Infringement
      XI. Interim Relief
      XII. Obtaining Information
      1. Obtaining Information in England
      2. Obtaining Information Abroad
      7. Infringement and Validity of Intellectual Property Rights: Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. Substantive Law Background
      III. Article 22(4) of the Brussels I Regulation Applies: Infringement Jurisdiction is Based on the Regulation
      1. Nature of the Jurisdictional Problem
      2. Issue of Validity: Which EC Member State's Courts are to try this Issue?
      3. Infringement Claim: Which EC Member State's Courts are to try this Claim?
      4. Declining Jurisdiction
      5. Delaying Tactics by the Defendant
      6. Provisional Measures
      7. Estoppel
      8. Restraining Foreign Proceedings
      IV. Article 22(4) of the Lugano Convention 2007 Applies
      V. Article 22(4) Applies: Infringement Jurisdiction is Based on the Traditional English Rules
      1. Significance of Article 22(4)
      2. Significance of the Traditional Subject Matter Limitations on Jurisdiction
      3. Only Article 22(4) Applies
      4. Both Article 22(4) and Traditional Subject Matter Limitations on Jurisdiction Apply
      5. Abolition of the Traditional Subject Matter Limitations on Jurisdiction
      VI. Does Article 22(4) Apply by Way of `Reflexive' Effect?
      1. Jurisdiction is Based on the Brussels I Regulation
      2. Jurisdiction is Based on the Traditional Rules
      VII. Article 22(4) of the Brussels I Regulation/Lugano Convention does not Apply
      1. Infringement Jurisdiction is Based on the EC/EFTA Rules
      2. Infringement Jurisdiction is Based on the Traditional English Rules
      8. Jurisdictional Issues in Relation to European Community Rights
      I. Introduction
      II. Trade Marks
      1. Substantive Law Background
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      III. Designs
      1. Substantive Law Background
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      IV. Patents
      1. Substantive Law Background
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      V. Plant Variety Rights
      1. Substantive Law Background
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      9. Complementary Torts and Other Causes of Action: Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. Passing-Off
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      III. Malicious Falsehood
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      IV. Defamation
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      V. Unfair Competition
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      VI. Wider Continental Protection In Delict
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      VII. Breach of Competition Rules
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      VIII. Breach of Confidence
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Jurisdictional Provisions
      10. Infringement, the Internet, and Broadcasting: Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. Intellectual Property and the Internet
      III. Characteristics of the Internet
      1. Territorial Connections
      2. Position of Intermediaries
      3. Carrying on Business
      IV. Infringement over the Internet
      1. Substantive Law
      2. How Jurisdictional Problems Arise
      3. Characteristics of Infringement over the Internet
      4. Jurisdictional Provisions
      V. Sale of Infringing Goods over the Internet
      1. Substantive Law
      2. Jurisdictional Provisions
      VI. Complementary Torts Committed over the Internet
      1. Passing-Off over the Internet
      2. Malicious Falsehood over the Internet
      3. Defamation over the Internet
      4. Unfair Competition over the Internet
      5. Breach of Confidence over the Internet
      VII. Broadcasting
      1. Infringement of Copyright by Broadcasting
      2. Defamation by Broadcasting
      11. Reform of Jurisdiction
      I. Introduction
      II. Reform of the Brussels I Regulation
      1. Introduction
      2. Multi-Defendant Cases: Reform of Article 6(1)
      3. Infringement and Validity: Reform of Article 22(4)
      4. Reform and the Italian Torpedo
      III. EU Patent System
      1. Introduction
      2. EU Patent Regulation
      3. Unified Patent Litigation System
      IV. CLIP Principles for Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property
      1. Introduction
      2. Jurisdiction
      3. Model for Reform?
      V. American Law Institute Principles
      1. Introduction
      2. Scope
      3. Jurisdiction
      4. Model for Reform?
      VI. Conclusion
      Contents note continued: pt. B APPLICABLE LAW
      Preliminary Remarks
      12. Choice of Law Elements in the Intellectual Property Conventions
      I. Introduction
      1. How do Choice of Law Issues Arise?
      2. Why Look at International Conventions?
      3. No Straightforward Answers in the Conventions
      II. Berne Convention 1886
      1. Qualification Rules
      2. Which Law Applies to Qualifying Works?
      3. National Treatment
      4. Restrictions on the Application of the Law of the Protecting Country
      5. Alternative Interpretation
      III. Rome Convention 1961
      1. Qualification
      2. National Treatment and the Law of the Protecting Country
      IV. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883
      1. National Treatment
      2. Law of the Protecting Country
      V. International Cooperation Agreements
      VI. Supranational Intellectual Property Rights
      VII. TRIPs Agreement
      1. National Treatment
      13. Creation, Scope, and Termination of Intellectual Property Rights: The Applicable Law
      I. Introduction
      II. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      III. Intellectual Property as Property
      1. Wrong Title?
      2. Property Characterization
      3. Property Choice of Law Rules
      IV. Copyright
      1. Creation of the Right
      2. Scope of the Right
      3. Termination of the Right
      4. Validity of the Right
      5. Authorship, Ownership of Right, and Works Created by Employees
      6. Transferability of the Right
      V. Patents and Trade Marks
      1. Registration System
      2. Law of the Protecting Country
      3. Ownership of Rights
      VI. Other Intellectual Property Rights
      1. Widening the Categories
      2. Tortious Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
      3. Breach of Confidence
      4. Sui Generis Right in Relation to Databases
      VII. Rights Created by International Conventions
      1. Patent Cooperation Treaty
      2. European Patent Convention
      VIII. Community Rights
      1. Community Trade Mark
      2. Community Patent
      3. Community Design Right
      4. Community Plant Variety Right
      14. Contracts in Relation to the Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights: The Applicable Law
      I. Introduction
      II. Contractual Issues Distinguished from Other Issues
      1. Industrial Property Rights
      2. Copyright
      III. How Questions as to the Applicable Law Arise
      IV. Rome Convention and the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations
      1. When does the Rome Convention 1980 Apply? When does the Rome I Regulation Apply?
      2. Applicable Law
      3. Limitations on the Applicable Law
      4. Particular Issue: Formal Validity
      V. Conclusion
      15. Infringement: The Applicable Law
      I. Introduction
      II. How Questions as to the Applicable Law Arise
      III. Applicable Law: The Rome II Regulation
      1. Scope
      2. Article 8(1)
      3. Article 8(2)
      4. Article 8(3)
      5. Overriding Mandatory Provisions and Public Policy
      6. Multi-State and Ubiquitous Infringement
      7. Non-Contractual Obligations Where There is a Contractual Defence
      IV. Applicable Law: The English Approach outside Rome II
      1. Introduction
      2. Mandatory Rules of the Forum
      3. Tort Choice of Law Rules
      4. Defences
      16. Complementary Torts and Other Causes of Action: The Applicable Law
      I. Introduction
      II. Article 6 Rome II Regulation: Unfair Competition
      1. Concept of Unfair Competition
      2. Choice of Law Rule
      III. Passing-Off
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      IV. Malicious Falsehood
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      V. Defamation
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      VI. Unfair Competition
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      VII. Wider Continental Protection In Delict
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      VIII. Breach of Confidence
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      IX. Breach of Competition Rules
      1. How Choice of Law Problems Arise
      2. Applicable Law
      17. Choice of Law and the Internet
      I. Introduction
      II. Conventions and the Right as Such
      III. Contracts in Relation to Intellectual Property
      IV. Infringement on the Internet
      V. Complementary Torts on the Internet
      VI. Ubiquitous Infringement
      1. De Minimis Rule
      2. Ubiquitous Infringement as the Special Case
      VII. Contributory Liability
      1. Separate Form of Liability?
      2. Form of Intellectual Property Infringement?
      3. Special Rule for a Special Case
      18. Choice of Law Reform
      I. Introduction
      II. Conventions and Their Tendency to Impose the Law of the Country for Which Protection is Sought
      1. History v Modern Exploitation
      2. Role for the Traditional Choice of Law Rule
      3. Departure from It Towards a More Modern Rule
      4. Radical Departure?
      III. Choice of Law for Contracts in Relation to Intellectual Property
      1. Preliminary Issues
      2. Articles 3 and 4
      IV. Tort Choice of Law in Relation to the Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights
      1. Damages: Freedom to Choose the Applicable Law
      2. Ubiquitous Infringement
      3. Multi-State Infringement
      V. Contributory Liability
      VI. Security Interests
      1. How Problems Arise
      2. Guiding Principles
      3. Proposal
      pt. C RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
      Preliminary Remarks
      19. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Relating to Intellectual Property
      I. Introduction
      II. How Problems Arise in Intellectual Property Cases
      III. Brussels I Regulation
      1. Scope of the Regulation
      2. Recognition of the Foreign Judgment
      3. Enforcement of the Foreign Judgment
      IV. Lugano Convention
      V. Common Law System
      1. Requirements
      2. Defences against Recognition and Enforcement
      VI. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments by Statute
      VII. Decisions in Relation to Supranational or Semi-Supranational Rights
      VIII. Reform.
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