Trademark and Unfair Competition Conflicts (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law)
Cambridge University Press, 2/23/2017
EAN 9781107155060, ISBN10: 1107155061
Hardcover, 802 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
Language: English
With the rise of internet marketing and e-commerce around the world, international and cross-border conflicts in trademark and unfair competition law have become increasingly important. In this groundbreaking work, Tim Dornis - who, in addition to his scholarly pursuits, has worked as an attorney, a public prosecutor, and a judge, giving him experience in both civil and common-law jurisdictions - presents the historical-comparative, doctrinal, and economic aspects of trademark and unfair competition conflicts law. The book should be read by any scholar or practitioner interested in the international aspects of intellectual property generally, and trademark and unfair competition law specifically. This title is available as Open Access.
Acknowledgments
Table of cases
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Civil-law history - Germany and Europe
2. Common-law history - United States
3. A ragged landscape of theories
4. Substantive policy - convergent foundations
5. International comity - a doctrine of self-restraint
6. Reconceptualization, reinterpretation, and typology
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Index.