The latest issue of the „Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax)“ features the following articles: R. Wagner: Twenty Years of Judicial Cooperation

in Civil Matters [...]

Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program is now accepting applications for its next Clinical Fellow   The Clinical Fellow (CF) position reports to the Director of

Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program. The CF will work closely with HNMCP staff to support expansion of the school’s innovative program in negotiation, [...]

OK, so I said yesterday that I would be on a blogging break this week, but this is pretty important.  The U.K. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Huawei and ZTE's appeals in

the Unwired Planet and Conversant cases.  Read all about it on FOSS Patents and IPKat.  For previous discussion on this blog, see, e.g., here and here.  This will [...]

On 8 February 2019 the Belgain Court of Cassation decided the case Happy Flights v Ryanair. The Dutch version of the decision is available here. At issue was the validity

of the clause in Ryanair’s general terms and conditions that the Irish courts have jurisdiction over disputes. [...]

I liked virtually all of the sessions I attended at this year’s ABA conference and I especially appreciated the Court ADR Conference keynote address, delivered by Michael

Buenger, the executive vice-president and chief operating officer of the National Center for State Courts. [...]

Thank you to Veerle Van den Eeckhout for the tip-off. On 10 April 10 2019, the UK Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in the “Vedanta” case (see here).

The judgment is currently raising many comments and discussions on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), including from the perspective of Private International [...]

Most of this blog post is from my colleagues Alex Lemann and Rebecca Blemberg who joined Natalie Fleury (our fabulous DR program coordinator) and me on the trip.  It was such

a delight to have them with us on this great and educational adventure.  And, as they note, we are all likely returning with more … Continue reading Israel Reflections–Final [...]

The November 2018 issue of A.I.P.P.I.--Journal of the Japanese Group of AIPPIincludes an article by Yasufumi Shiroyama titled Overview of Intellectual Property Judgments by

Japanese Courts in the First Half of 2018.  The article itself includes brief write-ups of, among other matters, three cases on patent remedies issued in early 2018: [...]

A Legislative initiative procedure which started nearly a year ago, is coming now to the next level: The European Commission has recently stated its position on the European

Parliament non-legislative resolution with recommendations to the Commission on expedited settlement of commercial disputes. [...]