Law applicable to copyright : a comparison of the ALI and CLIP proposals / Rita Matulionyte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matulionytė, Rita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book discusses the problems of applicable law in international copyright infringement cases and examines the solutions proposed to them in the recent projects by the American Law Institute (ALI) and the European Max Planck Group for Conflict of Laws and Intellectual Property (CLIP). In particular, the book analyzes how the territoriality principle and the lex loci protectionis rule are applied in traditional, broadcasting and online cases in selected European and US jurisdictions. It then evaluates whether the rules on ubiquitous infringement, de minimis, initial ownership and party auton

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; GENERAL PART Status Quo; 2. Main rules; 3. Evaluation and alternatives; SPECIFIC PART ALI and CLIP Proposals; 4. Introduction to the ALI and CLIP Proposals; 5. Lex loci protectionis and the territoriality principle; 6. De minimis rule; 7. Ubiquitous infringements rule; 8. Initial ownership; 9. Party autonomy; 10. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-29395-1

9786613293954

0-85793-429-5

OCLC:

755414489