Introduction
Part I: Territoriality
1. Intellectual Property Rights Infringements in European Private International Law: Meeting the Requirements of Territoriality and Private International Law; 2. The Territoriality Principle of Patent Protection and Conflict of Laws: A Review of Japanese Court Decisions
Part II: Jurisdiction: Moving On From The Territorial Starting Point
3. Jurisdiction and the Principle of Territoriality in Intellectual Property Law: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far in the Other Direction?; 4. Intellectual Property Rights and Exclusive (Subject Matter) Jurisdiction: Between Private and Public International Law; 5. Worldwide Patent Litigation and the Italian Torpedo; 6. The Sense or Nonsense of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Foreign Copyright; 7. Star Wars Rids Us of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction: The Supreme Court Does Not Like Kafka Either When It Comes to Copyright; 8. A Farewell to Cross-Border Injunctions? The ECJ Decisions GAT v. LuK and Roche Nederland v. Primus and Goldenberg; 9. GAT and Roche — Idola Fori, Teatri, Specus: Regulation 864/2007 Makes Cross-Border Patent Litigation Possible; 10. Licence Agreements Relating to IP Rights and the EC Regulation on Jurisdiction; 11. The Court of Jurisdiction for Joint Parties in International Patent Disputes; 12. Choice of Court Agreements, Coordination of Proceedings and Provisional Measures in the Reform of the Brussels I Regulation; 13. Cross-Border Adjudication of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Between Jurisdictions
Part III: Choice Of Law And Related Issues
14. From Itar-Tass to Films by Jove: The Conflict of Laws Revolution in International Copyright; 15. Reversionary Copyright: A Ghost of the Past or a Current Trap to Assignments of Copyright?; 16. Research Agreements and Joint Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in Private International Law; 17. Copyright: Which Law Applies? Some Thoughts on Issues of Authorship, (First) Ownership of Rights and Works Created by Employees; 18. Authors and Exploitations in International Private Law: The French Supreme Court and the Huston Film Colorization Controversy; 19. Licenses and Assignments of Intellectual Property Rights Under the Rome I Regulation; 20. The New Private International Law of Unfair Competition and the “Rome II” Regulation; 21. Intellectual Property Rights, Conflict of Laws and International Jurisdiction: Applicability of ALI Principles in Japan?; 22. The Law Applicable to Security Interests in Intellectual Property Rights; 23. Territorial Trademark Rights in the Global Village – International Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Substantive Law for Trade Mark Disputes on the Internet; 24. Transnational Law for Transnational Communities: The Emergence of a Lex Mercatoria (or Lex Informatica) for International Creative Communities; 25. The Law Applicable to Secondary Liability in Intellectual Property Cases; 26. Social Networking Sites, an Overview of Applicable Law Issues; 27. The Law Applicable to Online Copyright Infringements in the ALI and CLIP Proposals: A Rebalance of Interests Needed?; 28. Internet Intermediaries and the Law Applicable to Intellectual Property Infringements; 29. Calling for Party Autonomy in Intellectual Property Infringement Cases
Part IV: The Demise of Territoriality?
30. Developing a Private International Intellectual Property Law: The Demise of Territoriality?; Part V: Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Judgements; 31. Cross-Border Injunctions in U.S. Patent Cases and Their Enforcement Abroad; 32. Public Policy Exception to Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Cases of Copyright Infringement; 33. Extraterritorial Intellectual Property Enforcement in the European Union
Index