Intellectuele eigendom in het conflictenrecht : de verborgen conflictregel in het beginsel van nationale behandeling

Schaafsma, S.J. (2009)

Doctoral Thesis

This study ("Intellectual property in the conflict of laws") deals with the fundamental question whether the two most important intellectual property treaties, i.e. the Berne Convention 1886 and the Paris Convention 1883, contain a conflict-of-law rule. The study reveals that the principle of national treatment in these treaties does indeed contain a conflict-of-law rule. The explanation given for this seems to be new. It provides a comprehensive and consistent interpretation of the respective provisions in the treaties, and it explains why we no longer understand this conflict-of-law rule today. The study provides, in addition, several new insights into the conflict of laws, aliens law, and the relationship between these two fields of law.

• Aliens law
• Berne Convention 1886
• Conflict of laws
• Copyright
• Intellectual property
• Lex loci protectionis
• National treatment
• Paris Convention 1883
• Patent
• Private international law
• Trademark
• Vienna Convention 1969

• All authors: Schaafsma, S.J.
• Supervisor: Polak, M.V.; Nispen, C.J.J.C. van
• Committee: -
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Instituut voor Privaatrecht, Faculty of Law, Leiden University
• Date: 2009-06-23
• Title of host publication: Meijers-reeks
• Publisher: Deventer: Kluwer
• ISBN (print): 9789013065930
• Name: 161