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Kreuzer, Gundula; Risi, Clemens

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“…Under those circumstances, it is possible that there are good practical reasons for deciding that the various contracts arising out of the project were governed by the law of the same country. 41 For instance, it may happen that a licence agreement appears as functionally subordinate or accessory to the main agreement that covers the central aspects of the cooperation project. Where a choice of law has not been made by the parties in the licence agreement, its relationship with the other contracts arising out of the project may be relevant in the context of Article 4(3).…”

Section: Recourse To the Escape Clausementioning

confidence: 99%

Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice to Contracts Relating to Intellectual or Industrial Property Rights

Asensio¹

2009

Yearbook of Private International Law

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Choice of law issues concerning contracts having intellectual or industrial property rights as their subject matter have traditionally been very controversial in all jurisdictions. This article deals with the applicable law under the new European conflict rules for contracts when a choice of law has not been made by the parties. Hence, its subject matter is the interpretation of Article 4 of the 2008 Rome I Regulation in the area of contracts relating to intellectual or industrial property rights. The lack of a specific provision on these contracts in the new Regulation may be a source of uncertainty and demands a special effort to provide guidelines to ensure its uniform interpretation in this field.Keywords: Licence and Assignment, International Contracts, Intellectual Property, Applicable Law, Characteristic Performance, Rome II Regulation RESUMEN La determinación de la ley aplicable a los contratos internacionales sobre derechos de propiedad industrial e intelectual resulta especialmente compleja en la mayor parte de los sistemas de DIPr. Este artículo analiza el tratamiento de esos contratos en el nuevo régimen europeo de determinación de la ley aplicable a los contratos internacionales. Se centra, por lo tanto en la interpretación del artículo 4 del Reglamento Roma II a esta categoría de contratos. La ausencia de una regla específica sobre los contratos relativos a derechos de propiedad industrial e intelectual puede ser una fuente de inseguridad jurídica, lo que reclama un especial esfuerzo por desarrollar criterios que aseguren su interpretación uniforme en este ámbito.

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Section: Recourse To the Escape Clausementioning

confidence: 99%