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I The Europeanization of Intellectual Property Law |
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1 Intellectual Property as a Case Study in Europeanization: Methodological Themes and Context |
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3 | (22) |
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3 | (3) |
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B International Cooperation in the Field of IP Law |
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6 | (3) |
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C The Making of European IP Law |
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9 | (10) |
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D The Impact of European IP Law on Member States |
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19 | (6) |
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2 An Overview of European Harmonization Measures in Intellectual Property Law |
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25 | (14) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (4) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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F Copyright and Related Rights |
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G Selected Horizontal Measures |
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34 | (1) |
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H Selected Adjectival Measures |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (4) |
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II Harmonization Models and Approaches |
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3 The Europeanization of Patent Law: Towards a Competitive Model |
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39 | (18) |
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39 | (1) |
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B Comparing the Reasons for Harmonization in IP Law and General Private Law |
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40 | (3) |
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C How Should Harmonization be Pursued? |
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43 | (6) |
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D Will Parties Choose the Unitary Patent? On Convergence through Choice |
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49 | (5) |
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54 | (3) |
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4 Is Harmonization a Good Thing? The Case of the Copyright Acquis |
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57 | (18) |
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57 | (1) |
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B The Harmonization of Copyright and Related Rights in the EU |
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58 | (6) |
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C The Pros and Cons of Harmonization |
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64 | (4) |
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D Territoriality in European Copyright |
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68 | (3) |
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E The Way Forward: Towards Unification of EU Copyright Law |
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71 | (4) |
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5 The Europeanization of Trade Mark Law |
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75 | (28) |
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75 | (2) |
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B The Characteristics of EU Trade Mark Harmonization |
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77 | (14) |
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C The Development of European Principles |
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91 | (8) |
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99 | (4) |
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III The Impact of General EU Law |
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6 The Impact of General EU Law on Industrial Property Law |
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103 | (18) |
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A The Ages of Community Law |
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103 | (2) |
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B A Thought Experiment at CERN |
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105 | (1) |
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C A Trial Run for the Experimental Technique |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (5) |
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7 The Balancing Impact of General EU Law on European Intellectual Property Jurisprudence |
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121 | (24) |
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A The Impact of General EU Law on Intellectual Property |
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122 | (1) |
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B An Overview of the CJEU Case Law on IP |
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122 | (2) |
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C The Role of the CJEU in Applying General EU Law and in Interpreting Secondary IP Law |
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124 | (4) |
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128 | (2) |
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E Preservation of National Property |
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130 | (2) |
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F Balancing IP with Economic Freedoms of the Treaty |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (3) |
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H Undistorted Competition and IP |
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136 | (6) |
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142 | (3) |
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IV The Impact of Constitutional Rights and Values |
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8 European Fundamental Rights and Intellectual Property |
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145 | (20) |
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145 | (2) |
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B The European Human Rights System |
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147 | (6) |
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C Fundamental Rights and IP Legislation |
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153 | (3) |
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D Fundamental Rights and the Application of IP Law |
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156 | (6) |
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162 | (3) |
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9 Rhetoric and Reality: The Impact of Constitutional and Fundamental Rights on Intellectual Property Law, as Revealed in the World of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing |
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165 | (20) |
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A The Framework of Fundamental and Human Rights |
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165 | (5) |
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B Fundamental and Human Rights in Action---The Case of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing |
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170 | (10) |
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180 | (5) |
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V European and National Courts |
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10 The Relationship between European and National Courts in Intellectual Property Law |
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185 | (14) |
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A Relationships between Courts Below and Appeal Courts in General |
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185 | (3) |
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B Relationships between National Courts of Different European Countries |
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188 | (4) |
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C Relationships between the European Patent Office and National Courts |
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192 | (4) |
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D Relationships between National Courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union |
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196 | (3) |
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11 Towards a Unified Patent Court in Europe |
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199 | (18) |
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A Will the Unified Patent Court Soon Become a Reality? |
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199 | (3) |
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B Is the Situation with Regard to Patent Litigation in Europe Unsatisfactory? |
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202 | (7) |
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C The Unified Patent Court: Structure and Jurisdiction |
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209 | (3) |
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D Which Challenges will the Unified Patent Court Face? |
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212 | (4) |
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216 | (1) |
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12 The Future of European Intellectual Property Law Courts: Intellectual Property and the European Judicial Architecture |
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217 | (10) |
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A Starting Point: EU Judicial Architecture and Intellectual Property Now |
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217 | (1) |
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B Two Options for Handling Trade Marks |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (5) |
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VI Towards a European Legal Methodology? |
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13 A Constitutionalized Doctrine of Precedent and the Marleasing Principle as Bases for a European Legal Methodology |
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227 | (28) |
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227 | (3) |
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B The Nature and Role of a European Legal Methodology |
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230 | (3) |
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C Lessons from European Patent Law- and Decision-Making |
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233 | (7) |
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D Towards a European Legal Methodology? |
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240 | (12) |
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252 | (3) |
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14 Concluding Remarks: Postmodernism and Beyond |
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255 | (14) |
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A Postmodernism in European Intellectual Property Law |
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255 | (1) |
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B Models of Harmonization |
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256 | (4) |
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C The Benefits and Costs of Harmonization |
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260 | (2) |
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D The Institutional Design of EU Courts |
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262 | (2) |
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E Intellectual Property as an Embedded Part of the Legal System |
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264 | (2) |
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F Building Blocks for a European Methodology |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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