The first issue of the Chinese Journal of Transnational Law (Vol.1 Issue 1, 2024) was recently published by SAGE. It includes three articles relevant to private international
law. [...]
The first issue of the Chinese Journal of Transnational Law (Vol.1 Issue 1, 2024) was recently published by SAGE. It includes three articles relevant to private international
law. [...]
The UNCITRAL secretariat is pleased to announce that the inaugural edition of the UNCITRAL Days in the Arab Sates is planned for 2024! The UNCITRAL Days activities comprise
academic gatherings organized with universities and institutions of higher learning in the region, which discuss and consider issues arising in UNCITRAL’s areas [...]
I am very honored to receive the ABA Dispute Resolution Section’s award for outstanding scholarly work this year – and all the congratulations from friends and colleagues
in our field. It is particularly flattering considering the great number of folks in our community who deserve recognition for their valuable scholarship and other [...]
by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends
in punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Despite an unfortunate combination of rail and flight strikes, only a small number of participants were [...]
“The Washington Supreme Court has adopted alternative pathways to a law license, becoming the second state to do so in a little more than four months,” according to this
ABA Journal article. The Court approved three ways to bypass a bar exam in Washington state, with different standards for law school graduates, law students and [...]
The case is In re California Expanded Metal Products Co., nonprecedential opinion by Judge Taranto, joined by Judges Dyk and Mayer. According to the opinion, California Expanded
Metal Products Co. (CEMCO) “is the current owner of the five patents at issue in this case,” which “generally describe and claim fire-retardant assemblies for [...]
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its 43rd monthly virtual workshop Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00-12:30 (CEST).
Bettina Heiderhoff (Universität Münster) will speak, in German, about [...]
From FOI Tracy Frisch, Senior Counsel for AAA: I wanted to take a moment to bring this important development to your attention (and your inboxes!) Yesterday, the AAA-ICDR Foundation
and the JAMS Foundation announced that they have partnered to create a joint grant of $750,000 to support the Ray Corollary Initiative (RCI, Inc.), and all … Continue [...]
Tackling the blurred lines between counterfeiting and ingenuity in the art world is certainly not an easy endeavor. Indeed, in a world where “nothing is lost, nothing is
created, everything is transformed“, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let [...]
The German Federal Supreme Court recently held that patentees can recover compensation for springboard convoyed goods and services. If you have no idea what I'm talking about,
read on. [...]