ISBN:
9781839108501
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (608 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Elgar intellectual property law and practice
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Schaafsma, Sierd J. Intellectual property in the conflict of laws
Keywords:
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
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Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886 September 9)
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Conflict of laws Intellectual property
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Conflict of laws ; Intellectual property
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Abstract:
"The world of intellectual property (patents, trade marks, copyrights, et cetera) is becoming increasingly international. More and more frequently, disputes about intellectual property have an international character. This inevitably raises questions of private international law: which national court is competent to adjudicate an international dispute of this kind? And which national law should be applied to an international case of this kind? Since the 1990s, the first question in particular has attracted attention; in recent years, the focus has shifted to the second question: which national law is applicable? Opinions differ widely on this matter today. The controversy focuses on the question whether the Berne Convention and the Paris Convention, the two most important treaties on intellectual property, contain a rule that designates the applicable law. In other words: do these treaties contain a 'conflict-of-law rule' as it is called? This question, which concerns nearly all countries in the world, is nowadays considered to be 'heftig umstritten' (fiercely contested) and 'très difficile' (very difficult). And that is where we come across something strange: today it may be fiercely contested whether these treaties contain a conflict-of-law rule, but in the past, for the nineteenth-century authors of these treaties, it was perfectly self-evident that these treaties contained a conflict-of-law rule, namely in the 'principle of national treatment' as it is called. How is that possible? These are the fundamental questions at the heart of this book: does the principle of national treatment in the Berne Convention and the Paris Convention contain a conflict-of-law rule? And if so, why do we no longer understand this conflict-of-law rule today? This book is an English translation of Sierd J. Schaafsma's ground-breaking book, which appeared in Dutch in 2009 (now updated with the most significant case law and legislation). Key features include: -provides deep insight into the current state of affairs in international intellectual property law -extensive analysis on the principle of national treatment in the Berne Convention and the Paris Convention -detailed and authoritative explanation of the applicable law at the intersection of the law of conflicts and intellectual property law"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword -- Introduction to intellectual property in the conflict of laws -- Part I: Genesis of the principle of national treatment -- 1. The birth of the principle of national treatment in copyright law -- 2. The berne principle of national treatment: The genesis of the current article 5(1) -- 3. The perfection of the berne principle of national treatment: The genesis of the current article 5(2) and (3) -- 4. The genesis of the principle of national treatment in the paris convention -- Part II: The principle of national treatment today -- 5. The conflict-of-law rule in the principle of national treatment -- 6. The aliens-law rule in the principle of national treatment -- 7. The scope of the principle of national treatment -- 8. Reformulation and reform -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
