Cross-border Enforcement of Patent Rights: An Analysis of the Interface Between Intellectual Property and Private International LawOxford University Press, 2002 - 313 pages The enforcement of patent rights raises complex, and, from a private international law perspective, unique difficulties. This book analyzes in detail both the European rules on jurisdiction (the Brussels Convention and its successors) and the choice of law rules as they apply to cross-border patent disputes, and will be essential reading for both intellectual property lawyers and international commercial litigation specialists. |
Contents
OPPOSITION TO CROSSBORDER PATENT INFRINGEMENT | 4 |
Introductory | 14 |
Foundations of Jurisdiction Rules Applicable to Patent Disputes 2 | 15 |
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 15 | 66 |
Crossborder Patent Enforcement Strategies | 81 |
CROSSBORDER PATENT ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES 3 01 | 82 |
Declaration of Noninfringement 4 81 | 143 |
Common terms and phrases
acts of infringement alleged infringer Appeal The Hague Article 24 Article 5(3 Article 6(1 basis of Article Brussels Convention Brussels I Regulation choice of law claim Community Patent conflict of law connecting factor Contracting Court of Appeal Court of Justice Court The Hague cross-border injunction cross-border patent infringement Ct The Hague declaration of non-infringement defendant domiciled Droit Düsseldorf Dutch courts EIPR European Patent Convention European Patent Office extraterritorial jurisdiction Fawcett and Torremans GRUR Int infringement action intellectual property rights inter alia interlocutory international jurisdiction internationale interpretation issue kort geding law rules lex fori lex loci delicti lex loci protectionis Lugano Convention ment national patent parallel patents Paris Industrial Property parties patent infringement disputes patent law patent rights plaintiff Pres Dist Ct President District Court principle private international law procedural protection provisional measures provisions Rec Cours relevant seised Sepracor tion Torremans 1998 tort validity