Trade law Part 55

 

SPECIAL ISSUE: Protection of Intellectual Property and Access to Plant Genetic Resources
Bio-Science Law Review
Volume 7, Issue 1, 2004/2005

This is a special issue of Bio-Science Law Review which carries the edited papers of the ISF International Seminar held in Berlin in 2004. This collection of papers is divided into three sections – the evolution of plant breeding techniques – the evolution of the international legal environment – and balancing Access and Protection: Views of Stakeholders The International Seed Federation represents the mainstream of seed trade and the plant breeding community in the world. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization representing the seed industry. With members spread over 68 developed and developing countries on all continents, ISF serves as an international forum where issues of interest to the seed industry are discussed. ISF promotes the establishment and protection of intellectual property rights for seeds, plant varieties and associated technologies, which follow from research investments in plant breeding, plant biotechnology, seed technology and related subjects. It facilitates the marketing of planting seeds and other reproductive materials by publishing rules for trading seed and licensing technology. These rules clarify and standardize contractual relations between buyers and sellers at the international level. The Settlement of Disputes is also provided for through mediation, conciliation and/or arbitration. Arbitration Chambers exist in many ISF member countries. For more information on ISF see www.worldseed.org

Examining the FTC s 2003 Proposed Reforms to U.S. Patent Law in View of the Present Legal Landscape
Robert A. Matthews, Jr.
Virginia Journal of Law & Technology
Volume 9, Issue 4, Fall 2004

9 VA. J.L. & TECH. 1 1 (2004) – In October of 2003 the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report assessing the impact of the United States patent system on competition and innovation. The report concluded that the patent system, in its present state, fosters innovation and competition when …

DROIT DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET DE LA CONCURRENCE/INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND COMPETITION LAW
International Business Law Journal
Number 1, 2005

Rights and Defences at the Interface of Copyright and Trade Mark Law: A Closer Look at the “Artistically Endowed Trade Mark”Phenomenon: Bee Cheng Hiang Hup Chong Foodstuff Pte Ltd v Fragrance Foodstuff Pte Ltd [2003] 1 SLR 305
Eugene Lim
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Volume 15, Number 1, March 2003 p.135

The concurrent subsistence of copyright and trade mark rights in an artistically endowed mark results in a number of ambiguities which defy simple resolution. One such ambiguity which the writer intends to examine is the apparent conflict in Singapore between the copyright and trade mark regimes in regulating the use of an artistic logo for the purpose of identifying its proprietor. The Singapore Court of Appeal in the recent local case of Bee Cheng Hiang had to consider whether an action for copyright infringement involving the use of an artistic logo (which had been registered as a trade mark) could be resolved in a summary fashion. The case raises interesting questions of law and fact which relate to the scope and interpretation of, inter alia, the honest use defence under section 27 (6) [of the Trade Marks Act] and the fair dealing defence under section 37 [of the Copyright Act].

Strategies of Legal Change: Great Britain, International Law, and the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Holger Lutz Kern
Journal of the History of International Law
Volume 6, Number 2, September 2004 p.233

Weiler J. H. H. (ed.), The EU, the WTO, and the NAFTA. Towards a Common law of International Trade?
A. Reinisch
Austrian Review of International and European Law
Volume 7, 2002 p.434

Special issue: Balancing Act: Law, Policy and Politics in Globalisation and Global Trade, edited by Jianfu Chen and Gordon Walker
Law in Context
Volume 21, 2003

New Initiatives in Investment Law: Using Trade Agreements to ‘Control’ Capital Movement Restrictions
ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law
Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2004

Introduction to the ILW Panel on “New Initiatives In Investment Law: Using Trade Agreements to ‘Control’ Capital Movement Restrictions”
Cynthia Lichtenstein
ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law
Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2004 p.293

How Future Trade Wars Will Be Carried On-The Trade Retaliation Mechanism and the Anticipated Application thereof under the Revised Foreign Trade law of China
Xinjie Luan
Journal of World Investment & Trade
Volume 5, Number 6, December 2004 p.947

DROIT DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET DE LA CONCURRENCE/INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND COMPETITION LAW
International Business Law Journal
Number 6, 2004

Trade Mark Law: The Community’s Thinking Widens and Deepens
Catherine Seville
International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Volume 53, Number 4, October 2004 p.1013-1023

 

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Common law, History of International Law, Settlement of Disputes, Trade law.