Intellectual Property in the Global Arena
30.08.2010
The private international law of intellectual property is currently much debated both in Europe and abroad. The traditional connection to the law of the protecting country and a comprehensive exclusive competence of the issuing state in respect of registered protections are poorly suited for a world in which the flow of international commerce overruns national borders and legal actors are confronted with international circumstances on an almost daily basis as a result of digitisation.This work offers a comparative analysis of the three most important research projects undertaken in the USA, Europe and Japan on the reform of the private international law and procedure of intellectual property. The contributions consider international jurisdiction, the applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. On the basis of proposed model laws, the book's articles explore alternatives to the currently applicable law. The volume is a product of research activities being conducted within the framework of the Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property (CLIP) project which is being conducted jointly with the Munich Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property and Competition Law.