Implementation of the EU Enforcement Directive in the Baltic Countries

Dr. Kristina Janusauskaite

doi:10.5771/9783845226934

Summary

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Rechtsvorschriften zum Schutz geistigen Eigentums in den baltischen Staaten.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5784-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2693-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC Studies
Volume: 7
Language: English
Pages: 262
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 2 - 16 Download chapter (PDF)
AbbreviationsPages 17 - 20 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Subject-matter and objectives of the researchPages 21 - 25 Download chapter (PDF)
2. Structure of this studyPages 25 - 28 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Specificity of the geopolitical situation of the Baltic countries: the general contextPages 29 - 31 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. Industrial property legislation
    2. Copyright legislation
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    1. IP as a part of Soviet civil law
    2. Aspects of enforcement of IP rights under the Soviet regulation
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    1. Adoption of the new national IP legislation
    2. Adherence to the international treaties on IP protection
  4. Substantial reforms in the field of enforcement of IP rights regarding the implementation of acquis communautairePages 46 - 48 Download chapter (PDF)
  5. Concluding remarksPages 48 - 49 Download chapter (PDF)
3. 1. Adoption of national IP legislation: some procedural aspectsPages 49 - 51 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. The Ministries of Culture: the Copyright Divisions and Boards
    2. The collective administration societies
    3. The trademark and patent offices
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    1. The police authorities: a good start in IP rights infringement cases is crucial
    2. Customs authorities: ensuring effective measures at the borders
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    1. 1. General structure of the court systems
      2. Role of the national Supreme Courts
    2. Establishment of specialized courts: a solution for the Baltic countries?
    3. Common judiciary in the framework of community rights: Baltic perspective
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    1. Legal representation
    2. Patent and trademark attorneys
  6. Concluding remarksPages 65 - 66 Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1. Social changes in the Baltic countries in view of the accession into the European UnionPages 67 - 69 Download chapter (PDF)
  2. IP piracy in the Baltics: prevailing tendencies and impact on the national IP rights enforcement legislationPages 69 - 71 Download chapter (PDF)
2. 1. General remarksPages 71 - 72 Download chapter (PDF)
  2. IP teaching: a role of the national educational institutions and a level of the scientific researchPages 72 - 74 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. Research and development areas
    2. Foreign and local investments in local IP industries
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    1. Promoting activities in the Baltic universities
    2. IP strategy in the local business sector
    3. Level of the national governments’ regulation and their support in the field of research and development
  5. Concluding remarksPages 80 - 82 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. 1. Supportive positions
      2. Criticised aspects
      3. Adopted EU Enforcement Directive: tension remained?
    2. 1. Community’s competence to legislate on enforcement of IP rights
        Necessity to adopt a directive on enforcement of IP rights
      2. Prior EU-wide provisions on enforcement of IP rights
        Character of the provisions of the Enforcement Directive
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    1. 1. Right of information (Article 8)
      2. Corrective measures (Article 10)
      3. Injunction (Article 11)
      4. Alternative measures (Article 12)
      5. Damages (Article 13)
      6. Publication of judicial decisions (Article 15)
    2. 1. Evidence (Article 6)
      2. Measures for preserving evidence (Article 7)
      3. Provisional and precautionary measures (Article 9)
      4. Legal costs (Article 14)
  3. Concluding remarksPages 107 - 108 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. 1. Copyright legislation
      2. Industrial property legislation
    2. Duration of the implementation of the Directive
    3. 1. General remarks
      2. Copyright legislation
      3. Industrial property legislation
  2. Concluding remarksPages 118 - 119 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. The Commission’s position
    2. 1. IP right holders and their economic rights
        Moral rights
      2. Non-property rights, firm names, commercial (industrial) secrets
        Civil enforcement remedies in cases of infringements of “grey area” rights
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    1. 1. Areas to which the Directive has no prejudice
      2. Applicability of the Directive to any infringement of IP rights
    2. 1. Embodiment of the term in the Draft Enforcement Directive
      2. Relevance of the definition of “commercial scale” in IP enforcement practice
      3. Before the implementation of the Directive
        Implementing amendments: finally solving the issue of the “commercial purposes”?
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    1. Essence of the principle
    2. Embodiment of the principal in the Baltic legislation and practice
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    1. Debatable aspects of the “presumption” provision set out in Article 5 of the Directive
    2. 1. Authorship presumption
      2. Reversal of burden of proof under the national patent legislation
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    1. List of persons having a right to assert enforcement measures and remedies under Article 4 of the Directive
    2. 1. IP right holders
      2. Before the implementation of the Directive
        The implementing provisions regarding locus standi
      3. Rights-management collective societies and professional defence bodies
      4. Foreign natural and legal persons
  6. Concluding remarksPages 148 - 150 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. General remarks
    2. 1. Prior-to-implementation regulation of measures preserving evidence
      2. Implementing amendments on measures preserving evidence
    3. 1. General aspects
      2. Substantiated requests by interested parties
        Presentation of “reasonably available evidence” by the requesting party
        Most frequent evidence in civil search cases in Lithuania
        Application of measures preserving evidence on ex parte basis
        Sufficiency of evidence and application of “samples” provision
      3. Enforcing court rulings on civil searches
      4. Requirement to submit a civil claim
      5. Protection of interests of the opposing party (alleged infringers)
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    1. Scope and content of requested information
    2. Providers of requested information
  3. Concluding remarksPages 172 - 174 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. 1. Objectives and nature
      2. Requirements for application of interlocutory injunctions
    2. 1. Injunctions against the continuation of IP infringements
      2. Possibilities of preventive claims
    3. Injunctions against intermediaries
    4. Assurance of compliance with permanent injunctions
  2. Concluding remarksPages 183 - 184 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. 1. General remarks regarding compensation of damages
      2. Civil legal liability conditions
        Reimbursement of direct material damages
        Loss of profit
        An infringer’s gained profit; unjustified enrichment
        Pre-established damages
      3. General grounds for alternative methods to compensate damages
        Compensation instead of actual damages (losses)
        License analogy method
      4. Moral prejudice (non-pecuniary damages)
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    1. National procedural rules on legal costs
    2. Practical aspects regarding covering of legal costs
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    1. Corrective measures in view of Article 10 of the Directive
    2. Alternative measures in view of Article 12 of the Directive
  4. Publication of judicial decisions in view of Article 15 of the DirectivePages 210 - 211 Download chapter (PDF)
  5. Concluding remarksPages 211 - 213 Download chapter (PDF)
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    1. 1. General overview of the national provisions
      2. Relevant aspects of administrative and criminal liability
      3. Adjudication of civil damages in administrative and criminal cases
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    1. General remarks
    2. Border measures and civil remedies as implemented under the Enforcement Directive
  3. Concluding remarksPages 225 - 226 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Implementation of the Enforcement Directive in the Baltic countries: outcomesPages 227 - 229 Download chapter (PDF)
2. Further strengthening IP rights enforcement: incentives to innovate and create in the Baltics?Pages 229 - 230 Download chapter (PDF)
BibliographyPages 231 - 240 Download chapter (PDF)
1. International TreatiesPages 241 - 241 Download chapter (PDF)
2. European Union Legislation and Preparatory ActsPages 241 - 242 Download chapter (PDF)
3. 1. LithuaniaPages 242 - 243 Download chapter (PDF)
  2. LatviaPages 243 - 244 Download chapter (PDF)
  3. EstoniaPages 244 - 244 Download chapter (PDF)
Annex II: CasesPages 245 - 248 Download chapter (PDF)
Summary (in German)Pages 249 - 256 Download chapter (PDF)
IndexPages 257 - 262 Download chapter (PDF)