CONFLICT OF LAWS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE CLIP PRINCIPLES: FINAL TEXT, 1 DECEMBER 2011 1
CONFLICT OF LAWS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE CLIP PRINCIPLES: TEXT AND COMMENTARY 23
PREAMBLE&Alexander Peukert 25
PART 1: PURPOSE AND SCOPE 47
Article 1:101: Scope of Application&Paul Torremans 49
PART 2:JURISDICTION 56
SECTION 1: GENERAL JURISDICTION 56
Article 2:101: General Jurisdiction&Christian Heinze 56
SECTION 2: SPECIAL JURISDICTION 61
Article 2:201: Matters Relating to a Contract&Christian Heinze 61
ARTICLE 2:202:Infringement&Annette Kur 69
Article 2:203: Extent of Jurisdiction over Infringement Claims&Annette Kur 85
Article 2:204: Civil Claims Arising out of Criminal Proceedings&Annette Kur 96
Article 2:205: Entitlement and Ownership&Paul Torremans 98
Article 2:206: Multiple Defendants&Christian Heinze 103
Article 2:207: Branch, Agency or Other Establishment&Christian Heinze 120
Article 2:208: Indemnification and Third-Party Notice&Christian Heinze 122
Article 2:209: Counterclaim&Christian Heinze 126
SECTION 3: PROROGATION OF JURISDICTION 130
Article 2:301: Choice of Court&Axel Metzger 130
Article 2:302: Appearance of Defendant&Axel Metzger 136
SECTION 4: EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION 138
Article 2:401: Registration and Invalidity&Paul Torremans 138
Article 2:402: Obligation of Other Courts&Paul Torremans 153
SECTION 5: PROVISIONAL, INCLUDING PROTECTIVE, MEASURES 154
Article 2:501: Provisional, Including Protective, Measures&Christian Heinze 154
SECTION 6: GENERAL PROVISIONS 168
Article 2:601: Habitual Residence&Christian Heinze 168
Article 2:602: Declaratory Actions&Annette Kur 173
Article 2:603: Protection of Consumers and Employees&Christian Heinze 178
Article 2:604: Scope of Injunctions&Graeme Dinwoodie 180
Article 2:605: Unitary Regional Rights&Graeme Dinwoodie 186
SECTION 7: COORDINATION OF PROCEEDINGS 193
Article 2:701: Congruent Proceedings&Mireille van Eechoud/Alexander Peukert 195
Article 2:702: Related Proceedings&Mireille van Eechoud/Alexander Peukert 207
Article 2:703: Subsequent Validity Proceedings&Mireille van Eechoud/Alexander Peukert 214
Article 2:704: Cooperation in Multistate Proceedings&Mireille van Eechoud/Alexander Peukert 216
Article 2:705: Congruent and Related Preliminary Proceedings&Mireille van Eechoud/Alexander Peukert 220
Article 2:706: Time When a Court Is Deemed to be Seise&Mireille van Eechoud/Alexander Peukert 222
PART 3: APPLICABLE LAW 223
SECTION 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 223
Article 3:101: Lex Fori&Jurgen Basedow 223
Article 3:102: Lex Protectionis&Jurgen Basedow 229
Article 3:103: Freedom of Choice&Jurgen Basedow 234
SECTION 2: INITIAL OWNERSHIP 236
Article 3:201: Initial Ownership&Josef Drexl 236
SECTION 3: TRANSFERABILITY 254
Article 3:301: Transferability&Josef Drexl 254
SECTION 4: CO-OWNERSHIP 260
Article 3:401: Initial Co-Ownership and Transferability of Shares&Paul Torremans 260
Article 3:402: Relations Between the Co-Owners&Paul Torremans 265
SECTION 5: CONTRACTS AND RELATED QUESTIONS 268
Article 3:501: Freedom of Choice for Contracts&Axel Metzger 268
Article 3:502: Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice&Axel Metzger 272
Article 3:503: Employment Relationships&Christian Heinze 279
Article 3:504: Formal Validity&Axel Metzger 287
Article 3:505: Consent and Material Validity&Axel Metzger 290
Article 3:506: Scope of the Law Applicable to the Contract&Axel Metzger 292
Article 3:507: Transfers by Operation of Law and Compulsory Licences&Axel Metzger 296
SECTION 6: INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES 301
Article 3:601: Basic Principle&Annette Kur 301
Article 3:602: De Minimis Rule&Annette Kur 308
Article 3:603: Ubiquitous Infringement&Annette Kur 314
Article 3:604: Secondary Infringement&Annette Kur 326
Article 3:605: Remedies&Annette Kur 339
Article 3:606: Freedom of Choice for Remedies&Annette Kur 342
SECTION 7: LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS, WAIVABILITY 348
Article 3:701: Limitations and Exceptions, Waivability&Axel Metzger 348
SECTION 8: SECURITY RIGHTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 352
Article 3:801: Obligation to Create or Transfer a Security Right in Intellectual Property&Christian Heinze 352
Article 3:802: Security Rights in Intellectual Property&Christian Heinze 354
Article 3:803: Insolvency and Other Matters&Christian Heinze 370
SECTION 9: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 371
Article 3:901: Overriding Mandatory Provisions&Paul Torremans 371
Article 3:902: Public Policy of the Forum&Paul Torremans 377
Article 3:903: Exclusion of Renvoi&Paul Torremans 379
Article 3:904: Habitual Residence&Paul Torremans 381
Article 3:905: Unitary Regional Rights&Graeme Dinwoodie 383
Article 3:906: Burden of Proof&Jurgen Basedow 386
PART 4: RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT 388
SECTION 1: GENERAL RULES 394
Article 4:101: Definition of Judgment&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 394
Article 4:102: Recognition and Enforcement in General&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 398
Article 4:103: Favor Recognitionis Principle&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 408
SECTION 2: VERIFICATION OF JURISDICTION 409
Article 4:201: Jurisdiction of Foreign Courts&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 409
Article 4:202: Validity and Registration&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 416
Article 4:203: Findings of Fact&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 422
Article 4:204: Jurisdictional Rules Protecting Consumers or Employees&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 423
SECTION 3: PROVISIONAL AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES 425
Article 4:301: Provisional, Including Protective, Measures&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 425
SECTION 4: PUBLIC POLICY 432
Article 4:401: Public Policy In General&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 432
Article 4:402: Non-Compensatory Damages&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 442
SECTION 5: OTHER GROUNDS FOR NON-RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS 447
Article 4:501: Other Grounds for Non-Recognition of Foreign Judgments&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 447
SECTION 6: EXCLUSION OF SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW 458
Article 4:601: Exclusion of Substantive Review&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 458
SECTION 7: PROCEDURE 459
Article 4:701: General Principles&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 459
Article 4:702: Recognition&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 460
Article 4:703: Enforcement&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 464
SECTION 8: SETTLEMENTS 467
Article 4:801: Settlements&Pedro de Miguel Asensio 467
Bibliography 468
Index 491