Diapositiva 1

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International Law Association Committee on IP and
PIL
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
• 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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1. History

International harmonisation Advanced in
substantive intellectual property law Not
advanced in issues of jurisdiction and applicable
law
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1. 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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1. History

Academic initiatives formed on both sides of the
Atlantic Continue working
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1. History

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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1. History

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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1. History

Graeme Dinwoodie Annette Kur members CLIP
advisers in the ALI project Close cooperation
between the two groups ALI CLIP
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1. History

ALI project concluded in 2007
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1. 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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1. History

Other two sets of principles finalized in Asia
between 2009 and 2011 Transparency
Proposal Waseda Proposal
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B. The first work of the ILA Committee
comparison
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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/i
ndex.cfm/cid/1037

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B. Comparison

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/ind
ex.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-3-3-20
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B. Comparison
First Committees 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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• The Current Work of the ILA Committee
• Reports from Sub-Committees

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C. Sub-Committees
Sub-Committees were established Jurisdiction
general Exclusive Jurisdiction Infringement
Jurisdiction Applicable Law Infringement Applicabl
e Law Initial Ownership Contracts Recognition and
Enforcement
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C. Sub-Committees
Sub-Committees were established Scope Arbitratio
n 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 Committees 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
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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/10.2307/2069256
0?uid3737560uid2129uid2uid70uid4sid2110
3139171373 UN 2004 Convention http//treaties.un.
org/doc/source/RecentTexts/English_3_13.pdf
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• E. References
• 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
• Paulius Jurcys, Benedetta Ubertazzi, Rita
  Matulionyte, 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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Thank you!

• Benedetta Ubertazzi
• benedetta.ubertazzi_at_unimc.it