Intellectual Property and Private International Law

Traditionally, private international law and intellectual property law were both regarded as specialist matters with little overlap. The territoriality principle and the lex loci protectionis rule, although sometimes frowned upon by conflict of laws academics, seemed to provide a straightforward answer to all problems. This has changed dramatically: globalization and the internet pose a challenge to all approaches based on territoriality.

This book is the result of a conference which was organized within the framework of the Bayreuth graduate school "Intellectual Property and the Public Domain". It brings together internationally renowned specialists from both fields of law. They discussed both current topics and fundamental issues in the fields of choice of law and jurisdiction.Contributors:Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Rochelle Dreyfuss by Frank Beckstein, Annette Kur, Matthias Leistner, Stefan Luginbühl, Peter Mankowski, Axel Metzger, Pedro A. de Miguel Asensio, Markus Norrgård, Haimo Schack, Paul L.C. Torremans