This project represents the Institute’s first engagement with Internet Law. Meetings at The Hague concerning international jurisdiction and judgments led the ALI to begin its work on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. That project concluded in 2005 when the Institute recommended enactment of a U.S. federal statute that would codify analysis based on careful study of American and foreign law. The same Hague discussions suggested the need for sophisticated study of national laws concerning transnational protection of rights to intellectual property. These were significant issues before the Internet, but they are vastly more important today, when intellectual property can be transferred around the world—legally or illegally—with several clicks on a keyboard.

In response to problems involving dissemination of intellectual property, chiefly via the Internet, the Reporters have proposed principles governing transnational intellectual property disputes. The Discussion Draft covers jurisdiction, coordination of actions, applicable law, and enforcement of judgments.

Project Reporters and Advisers

Discussion and Other Annual Meeting Drafts

Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transnational Disputes

*Discussion Draft: Part I. Scope of the Principles and Definitions; Part II. Jurisdiction: Chapter 1. Personal Jursdiction over the Defendant; Chapter 2. Jurisdiction over the Subject Matter; Chapter 3. Jurisdiction over Supervision: Simplification of Multiterritorial Actions; Part III. Applicable Law: Chapter 1. In General; Chapter 2. Title to and Transfer of Rights; Chapter 3. Residual Principles Regarding Choice of Law; Part IV. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Transnational Cases: Chapter 1. In General; Chapter 2. Remedies; Glossary

xxiii, 305 pp., 2006, Order Code 1IPDD, $35.00-- order this item

* Official text not yet published.