Description
In light of the Phillip Morris cases against Australia and Uruguay, Metka Potocnik explores the substantive protection of trade marks under international investment treaties, unpacking the specifics of arbitrating investment claims arising out of state trade mark regulation. Utilising plain packaging regulation for tobacco products as a springboard for analysis, this book offers a practical approach with recommendations for arbitrators on how to approach trade mark investment cases.
Detailed and insightful, this book is essential reading for arbitration practitioners, offering practical analytical tools to approaching the adjudication of trade mark investment disputes. It will also be of interest to the growing group of researchers and students focusing on intellectual property arbitration. Furthermore, brand owners following developments in the field will benefit from this book's insight into the trajectories of trade mark legislation.
About the Author
Metka Potocnik, Lecturer in Law, Wolverhampton Law School, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Reviews
'This book helps to bridge the communication gap between IP lawyers and international investment lawyers. It provides a roadmap to the many IP issues that can arise under international investment laws and proposes ways of ensuring effective, informed and fair decision-making in a field that is becoming increasingly important (and contentious).'
--David Llewelyn, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Book Information
ISBN 9781788971805
Author Metka Potocnik
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
