2021 · Intellectual Property · International Intellectual Property Law · International Investment Law · IP Policy · Trademark · TRIPS Agreement

The Interface between Intellectual Property and Investment Law

Hi everyone, This is just a quick announcement about my first monograph titled the Interface between Intellectual Property and Investment Law which has just been published by Edward Elgar. The book critically examines how investment tribunals (should) engage with the rules of international intellectual property law when resolving investment disputes involving intellectual property rights. If… Continue reading The Interface between Intellectual Property and Investment Law

2020 · International Intellectual Property Law · International Investment Law · International Trademark Law · Uncategorized

Bridgestone v. Panama: Investment Tribunals are not Appellate Courts

The final award in Bridgestone v. Panama (dated 14 August 2020) is the latest instalment in a line of cases where corporate actors have challenged intellectual property measures and court decisions affecting intellectual property rights before investment tribunals. Bridgestone involved the latter i.e. a court decision involving intellectual property rights. The facts of the case… Continue reading Bridgestone v. Panama: Investment Tribunals are not Appellate Courts