TRANSCENDING TERRITORIALITY: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND HARMONIZATION IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Alexandra George Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION ...... 226 II. JURISDICTION-BY-JURISDICTION ACQUISITION & ENFORCEMENT ...... 229 III. COOPERATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TREATIES & AGREEMENTS ...... 232 A. Intellectual Property Treaties ...... 234 B. Trade, Investment & Arbitration Agreements ...... 239 C. Private International Law and Intellectual Property: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ...... 247 1. Existing Agreements ...... 248 2. Proposals for an International Intellectual Property- Specific Agreement ...... 250 D. Commercial Arbitration: the New York Convention & UNCITRAL Model Law ...... 253 E. Conclusion: Cooperation through Treaties and Agreements ...... 257 IV. CONSISTENCY THROUGH HARMONIZATION ...... 257 A. Horizontal Harmonization ...... 258 1. Regional Harmonization ...... 258 2. Administrative Harmonization ...... 264 B. Vertical Harmonization ...... 268 C. Conclusion: Consistency through Harmonization .... 272 V. THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION & HARMONIZATION IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT & DISPUTE RESOLUTION ...... 272