Transcript Diapositiva 1

BENEDETTA UBERTAZZI ©
Full-Tenured Aggregate Professor, International Law University of Macerata,
Italy;
Von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Max Planck Institute
Munich
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Index
INDEX
A.
History
B.
The first work of the ILA Committee: comparison
C.
The current work of the ILA Committee: sub-committees
D.
Perspective for the future: ILA Resolution
F.
References
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A. History
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A. History
International harmonisation
Advanced in substantive intellectual property law
Not advanced in issues of jurisdiction and applicable law
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Hague Conference in 1999
Preliminary draft proposal for an international Convention on
Jurisdiction and Enforcement in Civil and Commercial Matters
Contentious in the area of intellectual property
Generally failed in the most part
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A. History
Academic initiatives formed on both sides of the
Atlantic
Continue working
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2003 ALI: new project
Principles on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in Transborder
Disputes
International character: reporters:
Rochelle Dreyfuss + Jane Ginsburg + François Dessemontet
A. History
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2003 MPI Munich (initiative) + Hamburg MPI joint project
“European Max Planck Group on Conflicts of Law in Intellectual
Property (CLIP)”
MPI directors + MPI members + several high-profile European
scholars in IP and PIL
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A. History
Graeme Dinwoodie + Annette Kur members CLIP + advisers
in the ALI project
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Close cooperation between the two groups ALI + CLIP
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A. History
ALI project concluded in 2007
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A. History
The CLIP group finalized its project on 2011
The final draft of the CLIP Principles was published on
December 1, 2011.
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A. History
Other two sets of principles finalized in Asia between
2009 and 2011
Transparency Proposal
Waseda Proposal
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B. Comparison
In 2010 in the frame of the International Law Association
a new Committee on IP and PIL was established
http://www.ila-hq.org/en/committees/index.cfm/cid/1037
B. Comparison
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Chair: Professor Toshiyuki Kono, Kyushu
University
Co-Rapporteurs:
Professors Pedro de Miguel Asensio,
Madrid Complutense University,
Axel Metzger, Hannover University
Members:
http://www.ilahq.org/en/committees/index.cfm/cid/1037/
member/1
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B. Comparison
Comparison of the four sets of principles
Aim: understanding where there is consensus and where issues
are indeed controversial
A dedicated issue of JIPITEC (3 (3) 2012)
http://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-3-3-2012
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B. Comparison
First Committee’s Report
ILA meeting, Sofia 2012
75th ILA Conference: Sofia 26-30 August 2012
http://www.ila-hq.org/en/committees/index.cfm/cid/1037
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C. Sub-Committees
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Sub-Committees were established:
Jurisdiction general
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Infringement Jurisdiction
Applicable Law Infringement
Applicable Law Initial Ownership
Contracts
Recognition and Enforcement
C. Sub-Committees
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Sub-Committees were established:
Scope
Arbitration
ISP
Goods in Transit
Consumer Transactions
Security Interests in IP and Insolvency
Lex Mercatoria
International Cooperation
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C. Sub-Committees
Each Sub-Committee prepared a report before January 2013
Each report contained a draft proposal which included
suggestions for the future Committee’s work.
As a background information the Sub-Committees were
encouraged to use the comparative reports
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C. Sub-Committees
ILA Biennial Conference
ASIL Annual Meeting
Washington 7-12 April 2014
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D. Perspective for the future
The for sets of principles’ basic policy / objectives do not diverge
strongly
Step forward towards a better international understanding of
problems arising in the interface between IP and PIL
(?) ILA Resolution: Guidelines on IP and PIL
(?) International convention: WIPO or the Hague Conference of
PIL
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D. Perspective for the future
e.g.: ILA Draft Convention on State Immunity 1982
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20692560?uid=3737560&
uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103139171373
UN 2004 Convention
http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/RecentTexts/English_3_13.pdf
E. References
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1. Kur Annette and Ubertazzi Benedetta, The ALI Principles and the
CLIP Project – a Comparison, in Bariatti S. (ed.), Litigating
Intellectual Property Rights Disputes Cross-Border: EU Regulations,
ALI Principles, CLIP Project, Padova, 2010, pp. 89-147
2. Paulius Jurčys, Benedetta Ubertazzi, Rita Matulionytė, Pedro De
Miguel Asensio, Axel Metzger in JIPITEC 3(3) 2012
http://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-3-3-20123
3. Ubertazzi, Exlusive Jurisdiction and Intellectual Property, Mohr
Siebeck, 2012
Thank you!
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