1. Binxin Li and Chuanshu Chu published a post on the Kluwer Patent Blog titled Recent development on SEP disputes in China — anti-suit injunction. The authors discuss
the Xiaomi v. IDC and Huawei v. Conversant decisions, previously discussed on this blog here, and offer their comments on the potential for global SEP cases to cause [...]
On 2 November 2020, Jamaica deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention. It now has 119 Contracting Parties and will enter into force for
Jamaica on 3 July 2021. More information is available here. [...]
On 29 October 2o20, the University of Bonn and the HCCH co-hosted a video roundtable on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention.This video roundtable explored the prospects of the
Convention from a particular perspective, and this was the perspective of the relations between the EU and third states: neighbouring states, trade partners in particular, [...]
For those of us who read German: Jayme and Hausmann have just published the 20th edition of their collection of PIL norms on German national, EU and international level. The
book has grown considerably in volume over the decades and has particularly done so for its latest edition – from 1441 to now 1537 pages. [...]
This book is devoted to the applicable law to contractual and non-contractual obligations in the European Union as applied before the Courts. It should be a valuable resource
for practitioners, the judiciary, and academics who are interested in understanding how EU law is applied on national level. [...]
This book is an article-by-article ‘German-style’ commentary on the Rome I, II and III Regulations on European Union (EU) conflict of laws. It describes and systematically
explains black letter law as applied by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and the Member State courts. [...]
Access to justice is not a new topic. Since Mauro Cappelletti and Bryant Garth’s survey of different methods to promote access to justice was published (Access to Justice.
A World Survey (Giueffre SIJTHOFF 1978), making access to justice cheaper and effective has become a legal policy (see for instance The Right Honourable the Lord [...]
On 8 December 2020 (11am – 2 pm EST), the ABA will host an online seminar on the principles of treaty interpretation, a core skill of every international lawyer. Leading
experts will discuss the goals, principles and challenges of treaty interpretation in a plenary session. [...]
Report prepared by Onyoja Momoh, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Aberdeen. On Thursday 5th of November 2020, the Nigerian Group on Private International Law
(“NGPIL”) held its first committee meeting by virtual platform. In attendance at the meeting and forming the Committee of NGPIL were: Dr Onyoja Momoh (English [...]
In what may prove to be the most consequential SEP/FRAND decision yet, the Düsseldorf Landgericht yesterday in Nokia v. Daimler referred a lengthy series of questions to the
CJEU, relating to whether European Union competition law requires component-level licensing, and also requesting clarification of several issues concerning interpretation [...]
