International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC)
Editors: William R. Cornish, QC; LL.D. (Cambridge), F.B.A. Professor of Law, University of
Cambridge, External Academic Member of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and
Competition Law . Josef Drexl, Dr. jur., LL.M. (Berkeley), Professor of Law, University of
Munich, Director at the MaxPlanck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law .
Reto M. Hilty, Dr. jur., Professor of Law, University of Zurich and University of Munich, Director
at the MaxPlanck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law . Jochen Pagenberg,
Dr. jur., LL.M. (Harvard), Attorney-at-Law, Munich/Paris.
Executive Editors (by field): Josef Drexl (Antitrust) . Reto M. Hilty (Copyright, Design, IT) .
Annette Kur, Dr. jur., Professor of Law, MaxPlanck Institute for Intellectual Property and Compe-
tition Law (Unfair Competition, Trade Marks) . Jochen Pagenberg (Patents).
Executive Editors (by region): William R. Cornish (Commonwealth) . Christophe Geiger, Dr. jur.,
Associate Professor, University of Strasbourg, Senior Researcher, MaxPlanck Institute for Intel-
lectual Property and Competition Law (France and French-speaking African countries) . Henning
Grosse Ruse-Khan, Dr. jur., MaxPlanck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law
(Commonwealth) . Christopher Heath, Dr. jur., Judge, Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office,
Munich (Asia) . Alexander Peukert, Dr. jur., Professor of Law, University of Frankfurt/Main
(USA) . Sibylle Schlatter, MaxPlanck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law
(civil law African countries, Latin America).
Legal Manager: Klaus D. Beiter, B.Iur., LL.B. (UNISA, Pretoria); Dr. jur. (Munich); Legal
Print and Publishing Editor: Charles Heard.
Advisory Board: Paul Goldstein, Professor of Law, Stanford University . Jos Antonio GÕmez
Segade, Dr. Dr. h.c., Professor of Law, University of Santiago de Compostela . Francis Gurry,
Ph.D., Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization . Alexander von
Mçhlendahl, Dr. jur., LL.M. J.D. (Northwestern University), Attorney-at-Law, Munich . Victor
Nabhan, Dr., Professor of Law, Quebec, President of ALAI . Adrian Otten, Director, Intellectual
Property Division, World Trade Organization . Jçrgen Schade, Dr. jur., former President of the
German Patent and Trademark Office . Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski, Dr., Professor of Law, Stras-
bourg . Luigi Carlo Ubertazzi, Dr., Professor of Law, Milan.
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The Decision of the ECJ in Elf Aquitaine ± Parent
and Subsidiary as a Multiple Team of Horses Draw-
ing a Vehicle Under the Control of a Single Driver? . .
The Perfume Industry and Intellectual Property Law
in the Jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the
European Union and of National Courts . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Amended Digital Economy Act 2010 as an Un-
successful Attempt to Solve the Stand-Alone Com-
plex of Online Piracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Protection Norms of Indications of Geographical
Origin in the Applicable EU Regulations ± Recent
Changes and the Necessity for Further Unification . .
Focus on the Polish Regulation of Copyright and
Design Overlap After the Judgment of the European
Court of Justice in Case 168/09 (Flos v. Semeraro) . . .
DecisionsIntellectual Property Law and JurisdictionThe Netherlands
Brussels I Regulation, Art. 22(4) ± Rule of exclusive
jurisdiction GAT/LuK judgement ± Where claim for
provisional injunction measure concerning infringe-
ment of IP right in another Member State countered
with invalidity defence ± GAT/LuK doctrine applies
to all IP rights in Article 22(4) ± Where invalidity
defence raised ± Whether court loses jurisdiction
over infringement claim ± 200.062.687/01 ± Yellow
Page Marketing B.V. v. Yell Limited ± ``Yellow
Pages' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First instance decision against government agency
entrusted with marketing approval of pharma-
ceuticals ± Provisional enforcement thereof to be
denied ± Where this would raise barriers to market
entry of new generic drugs, would deprive public
from access to better drugs, and would give incentive
to originator companies to file many new similar
lawsuits ± Act No. 10.603/2002 on Data Exclusivity
for Veterinary Products; Act No. 8437/92 on the
Enforcement of Decisions, Art. 4 ± ANVISA v. Lund-
beck Brasil Ltda ± ` Lex apro' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comment by Filipe Fischmann
Patent application concerning drug ± Filed under old
Reg. Fed. Ct. App. Industrial Property Code 1973, which excluded
patentability of pharmaceutical compounds ± Wheth-
er applicability of TRIPS Agreement to be considered
± Brazilian Industrial Property Act, Arts. 229, 230,
231 ± INPI v. Ely Lilly & Co. ± ` Ely Lilly' . . . . . . . . .
Granting of exclusive license ± By only one of several
co-owners without consent of all of them ± Whether
exclusive licensee can invoke license against other
co-owners ± Use of licensed invention ± Patent infrin-
gement ± Liability of co-owner granting license for
damages towards licensee ± Intellectual Property
Code, Sec. L. 613-29 ± Institut Pasteur v. Rupert
Mutzel et al. ± ` Cell Suspension Device III' . . . . . . . . .
Inventions with reference to electronic data-proces-
sing devices and processes (programs) ± Whether at
least one part-aspect of subject-matter in technical
field ± Whether merely constitutes program for data-
processing systems ± If teaching contains instructions
serving solution of concrete technical problem with
technical means ± Process that serves data-processing
execution of process stages in networked technical
devices (server, clients) ± If devices not expressly
mentioned in patent claim ± Patent Act, Sec. 1(1), (3)
No. 3, (4) ± X ZR 121/09 ± ` Web Page Display'
(Webseitenanzeige) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Admissibility of appeal ± Justification of appeal must
disclose factual or legal points in which contested
decision is incorrect in eyes of appellant ± Must state
in detail the reasons why appellant holds previous
court's factual and legal assessment to be incorrect ±
Patent Act, Sec. 111(2); Code of Civil Procedure, Sec.
519(3) ± X ZR 58/08 ± ` Admissibility of Appeal'
(Zulåssigkeit der Berufung) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proposed limitation of patent ± To overcome estoppel
of invalidity in infringement action ± Requires at
least pending correction trial before Japanese Patent
Office ± Patent Act, Sec. 104ter; Utility Model Act,
Sec. 30 ± K.K. Kotobuki v. Japan Post ± ` Fuminosuke
Original Ball Point Pen' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal protection of designs ± EC Directive 98/71 ±
Article 17 ± Obligation concerning cumulation of
design protection with copyright protection ±
National law precluding copyright protection or
rendering it unenforceable for certain period in case
of designs which entered public domain before entry
into force of the law ± Principle of protection of
legitimate expectations ± EC Directive 98/71 of 1998
on the Legal Protection of Designs, Art. 17 ±
C-168/09 ± Flos SpA v. Semeraro Casa e Famiglia
SpA and Assoluce ± Associazione nazionale delle
Imprese degli Apparecchi di Illuminazione ± ``Flos v.
Semeraro Casa e Famiglia' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making available/communication to public of soft-
ware manifestly intended to make available protected
works and objects to public without authorisation ±
Criminal proceedings ± Damages for infringement of
literary and artistic property rights ± Turnover of
infringing company ± Poor quality of files made
available ± Status of host ± Intellectual Property
Code, Arts. L.212-3.1, L.213-1.2, L.215-1.2,
L.335-4.1; Law of 9 July 2004 (LCEN), Art. 6-1-2 ±
SCPP and SPPF v. Socit Mubility, Benoit T et al. ±
` radioblog.fr' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Copyright ± Infringement of right of reproduction ±
Provision, without permission of respective broad-
casting organisations, of time and space-shifting
service of TV programs ± Enabling user living abroad
to enjoy at any time TV programs broadcast in Japan
via the internet ± Copyright Act, Sec. 112(1) ± 788
(Ju) of 2009 ± NHK (Japan Broadcasting Cor-
poration), et al. v. Nihon Digital Co. Ltd. ± ` Roku-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comment by Tatsuhiro Veno
Application for registration of Community figurative
mark ` TiMi KiNDERJOGHURT'' ± Earlier word
mark ` KINDER' ± Invalidity proceedings ± Assess-
ment of similarity of signs ± Family of marks ± EC
Reg. 40/94, Arts. 8(1)(b), (5), 52(1)(a) ± C-552/09 P
± Ferrero SpA v. Office for Harmonisation in the
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
and Tirol Milch reg.Gen.mbH Innsbruck ± ` KIN-
DER/TiMi KiNDERJOGHURT' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Registration of trade mark requested in bad faith ±
Can be declared void at all times ± Limitation period
provided for in Sec. 174 of Brazilian Industrial
Property Code solely applicable, provided there has
been no bad faith in accordance with Art. 6bis(3) of
Paris Convention ± Paris Convention, Art. 6bis(3),
6septies(3); Brazilian IP Code, Sec. 174 ± Sharp Equip-
amentos et al. (in receivership) v. Sharp K.K. ±
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Comment by Christopher Heath
Invalidation of trade mark based on unauthorised
registration by agent or representative ± Cannot be
requested where mark was filed by person that only
later becomes agent or representative for sale of
foreign goods bearing similar mark ± Paris Con-
vention, Art. 6septies; Trade Mark Act, Sec. 53bis ±
` Agronatura' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unfair Competition Law ± Misappropriation of Trade SecretsUSA
Unfair competition ± Importation ban for trade se-
cret misappropriation occurring outside United
States ± Tariff Act of 1930, Sec. 337; 19 U.S.C.
§ 1337 ± 2010-1395 ± Tianrui Group Co. and
Another v. International Trade Commission and
Amsted Industries Incorporated ± ``Tianrui v. Ams-
ted' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Misappropriation of trade secrets ± Where former
employee had access to and acquired confidential
information about former employer's long-term stra-
tegies, operating costs and customer negotiations ±
Discretion of court to enjoin former employee from
working for direct competitor ± Absence of re-
strictive covenant ± Unfair competition ± Trade se-
crets protection ± 10-1510 ± Bimbo Bakeries USA
Inc. v. Chris Botticella ± ` Bimbo Bakeries' . . . . . . . . . .
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