Patent Enforcement Worldwide: A Survey of 15 Countries: Writings in Honour of Dieter Stauder: Second Edition

Half Title Page......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Preface to the first edition of October 2000......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
About the Authors and Editors......Page 25
Introduction......Page 39
A: International Patent Enforcement......Page 41
I. Introduction......Page 43
II. Enforcement and International Law......Page 45
III. TRIPS – General Principles of Enforcement: Arts. 41, 42......Page 49
IV. Rules for Obtaining Evidence: Arts. 43, 50.1(b)......Page 53
V. Interim Injunctions: Art. 50......Page 64
VI. The Main Action......Page 69
VII. Final Measures: Arts. 44–48......Page 82
VIII. Administrative Measures, Arts. 49, 51–60......Page 98
IX. Criminal Measures, Art. 61......Page 102
X. Bibliography......Page 103
B: Patent Enforcement in Western Europe......Page 105
I. Introduction......Page 107
II. The Central Place of Jurisdiction of the Defendant – Overcoming the Objection of Nullity of Foreign Patents......Page 108
III. Jurisdiction Based on the Plurality of the Defendants – The Way to One Single Court?......Page 112
IV. Forum Delicti Commissi (Place of Tort)......Page 114
VI. The “Torpedoes” against the New Case Law......Page 115
VIII. The European Enforcement Directive......Page 117
IX. European Projects......Page 122
A. General......Page 125
B. Common Law Process in the English Conception......Page 129
C. Procedural Steps and Their Problems......Page 131
D. Commencement of the Action......Page 142
E. Remedies for Infringement......Page 145
A. Outline of the System of Civil Procedure Relating to Patent Litigation......Page 147
B. Problems Related to the Enforcement of Patent Rights:......Page 151
A. Patent Law in General......Page 177
B. Enforcement of Patent Rights in Particular......Page 184
B. Brief Outline of the System......Page 209
C. Problems Related to Enforcement of Patent Rights......Page 214
D. Final Remarks......Page 224
A. The System of Civil Procedure in General......Page 227
B. Enforcement Issues......Page 232
C. Final Remarks......Page 241
A. System of Civil Procedure......Page 243
B. Enforcement of Patent Rights......Page 245
C: Patent Enforcement in Eastern Europe......Page 269
A. History......Page 271
B. Brief Outline of the Current System of Intellectual PropertyRights......Page 272
C. Enforcement of Patents......Page 275
A. Brief Outline of the System of Civil Procedure......Page 291
B. Problems Related to the Enforcement of Patent Rights......Page 294
A. Institutions and Specialists in the Field of Patent Law......Page 307
B. The Procedure in Patent-Related Suits......Page 312
C. Final Remarks......Page 319
D: Patent Enforcement in Asia......Page 321
A. Introduction: Dual Enforcement and TRIPS Requirements......Page 323
B. Civil Law Enforcement......Page 325
C. Administrative Law Enforcement......Page 348
D. Criminal Law Enforcement......Page 353
E. Border Enforcement......Page 356
F. Practice of Enforcement......Page 358
A. Civil Law Enforcement in Japan in General......Page 361
B. Enforcement of Patent Rights in Particular......Page 370
A. System of Civil Procedure......Page 395
B. Problems Related to the Enforcement of Patent Rights......Page 399
E: Patent Enforcement in the Americas......Page 418
A. Patent Rights......Page 419
B. The System of Civil Procedure......Page 425
C. Patent Infringement Litigation......Page 430
A. Introduction......Page 459
B. Problems Related to Patent Enforcement......Page 460
A. Brief Outline of the System of Patents and Civil Procedure......Page 487
B. Problems Related to the Enforcement of Patent Rights......Page 492
Case List......Page 503