Intellectual Property in the Conflict of Laws - The Hidden Conflict-of-law Rule in the Principle of National Treatment (Hardcover)

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 'tres 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 contain 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 groundbreaking 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 and groundbreaking analysis of the principle of national treatment in the Berne Convention and the Paris Convention detailed and authoritative explanation of the intersection of the conflicts of law and intellectual property law.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series
Release date:	2022
Authors:	Sierd J. Schaafsma
Dimensions:	244 x 169mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	608
ISBN-13:	978-1-83910-849-5
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Private international law & conflict of laws Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Intellectual property, copyright & patents
LSN:	1-83910-849-5
Barcode:	9781839108495

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