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Full-Tenured Aggregate Professor, International Law University of Macerata, Italy;
Von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Max Planck Institute Munich
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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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International harmonisation
Advanced in substantive intellectual property law
Not advanced in issues of jurisdiction and applicable law
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A. History
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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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
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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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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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ALI project concluded in 2007
A. History
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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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Other two sets of principles finalized in Asia between 2009 and 2011
Transparency Proposal
Waseda Proposal
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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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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.ila-hq.org/en/committees/
index.cfm/cid/1037/member/1
Comparison of the four sets of principles
Aim: understanding where there is consensus and where issues are indeed controversial
B. Comparison
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A dedicated issue of JIPITEC (3 (3) 2012)
http://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-3-3-2012
First Committee’s Report
ILA meeting, Sofia 2012
75th ILA Conference: Sofia 26-30 August 2012
B. Comparison
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http://www.ila-hq.org/en/committees/index.cfm/cid/1037
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Sub-Committees were established:
Jurisdiction generalExclusive Jurisdiction
Infringement JurisdictionApplicable Law Infringement
Applicable Law Initial OwnershipContracts
Recognition and Enforcement
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Sub-Committees were established:
ScopeArbitration
ISPGoods in Transit
Consumer TransactionsSecurity Interests in IP and Insolvency
Lex MercatoriaInternational Cooperation
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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
C. Sub-Committees
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ILA Biennial Conference
ASIL Annual Meeting
Washington 7-12 April 2014
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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
D. Perspective for the future
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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=2110313
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UN 2004 Convention http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/RecentTexts/English_3_13.pdf
D. Perspective for the future
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E. References
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
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