Intellectual Property and the Judiciary

Edited by Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law, Luiss University, Italy, Craig Allen Nard, Galen J. Roush Professor of Law and Director, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ohio, US and Xavier Seuba, European Patent Office, Germany

Contents:

Introduction
Christophe Geiger, Craig Allen Nard and Xavier Seuba

Part I Intellectual Property and European Courts
Section 1. Intellectual Property and the European Court of Human Rights
1. Intellectual Property before the European Court of Human Rights
Christophe Geiger and Elena Izyumenko

2. The European Court of Human Rights: An Unlikely Forum for the Enforcement of IP Rights
Aurora Plomer

3. Copyright and the Human Right to Property: a European and International Case Law Approach
Thomas Cottier

Section 2. Intellectual Property and the Court of Justice of the European Union
4. Taking Power Tools to the Acquis - The Court of Justice, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and European Union Copyright Law
Jonathan Griffiths

5. Intellectual Property Law made by the Court of Justice of the European Union
Vincent Cassiers and Alain Strowel

6. The Role of the European Court of Justice in the European Patent Court System
Stefan Luginbuehl and Teodora Kandeva

Section 3. Intellectual Property and the Unified Patent Court
7. Decision-making in the Unified Patent Court: Ensuring a Balanced Approach
Clement Salung Petersen and Jens Schovsbo

8. The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre: A Centre of Opportunities
Sam Granata

9. Scientific Complexity and Patent Adjudication: The Technical Judges of the Unified Patent Court
Xavier Seuba

Section 4. Intellectual Property and European Quasi-Judicial Bodies (European Patent Office, European Union Intellectual Property Office and Community Plant Variety Office)
10. The Procedural Rules in Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office
Cees Mulder and Marcus Müller

11. The Functioning of the Community Plant Variety Office Board of Appeal
Martin Ekvad

12. Position of the Board of Appeal in the Legal Protection System for Community Plant Variety Rights
Gert Würtenberger

13. The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office: an Alien within the Landscape of European Administrative Law!
Stefan Martin

14. The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office
Alexander von Mühlendahl

Part II Intellectual Property and courts in the United States and Japan
15. The Proposed Structure and Function of the Unified Patent Court: Lessons from the American Judicial Experience
The Honorable Kathleen M O’Malley and The Honorable Barbara M G Lynn

16. The Best Practice for Patent Judiciary: Lessons from another Experiment on Specialized Adjudication for Patent Cases in Japan
Toshiko Takenaka

17. Europe’s Bold Experiment: Lessons Learned from America’s Patent Law Experience
Craig Allen Nard

Part III Intellectual Property and International Adjudication
18. The Interpretation of International Intellectual Property Instruments in National, Regional and International Courts and Tribunals
Susy Frankel

19. Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Peter K Yu

20. Does the WTO Appellate Body ‘Make’ IP Law?
Daniel Gervais

Index