Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Licensing

Edited by Jacques de Werra, Professor and Director of the Digital Law Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland and Irene Calboli, Regents Professor of Law, Texas A&M University, School of Law, USA and Academic Fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland

‘This second edition of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Licensing [...] is a substantial contribution to the field of intellectual property and particularly licensing. It assembles a distinguished roster of scholars and practitioners to address IP licensing in an impressively wide-ranging fashion. With contributions spanning doctrinal, comparative, and sector-specific perspectives, the volume succeeds in demonstrating licensing’s central role in governing knowledge, technology, and data along with cultural products. The volume will particularly be indispensable for academics and practitioners working at the intersection of IP, contracts, and international law.’

• ContentsForeword by Sonja A. London xviiResearch Handbook on Intellectual Property Licensing: an introduction xviiiPART I TRANSVERSAL IP LICENSING ISSUES1 Intellectual property licensing and competition law 2Andreas Heinemann and Giulia Mara Meier2 Intellectual property licensing agreements and bankruptcy 27Mark Reutter3 The law governing international intellectual property licensing agreements(a conflict of laws analysis) 52Pedro A. de Miguel Asensio4 Intellectual property licensing under international investment law 72Christopher S. Gibson and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan5 IP licensing issues arising in international commercial arbitration 96François Dessemontet6 Successfully arbitrating intellectual property disputes: practical andprocedural considerations 109Jacques de WerraPART II IP-SPECIFIC LICENSING ISSUESSection ACopyright and data licensing7 Authors’ transfer and license contracts under US copyright law 131Jane C. Ginsburg8 Copyright licensing: a European view 156Alain Strowel, Solène Festor de Suremain and Bernard Vanbrabant9 Clarifications and complications in enforcing open source softwarelicenses 177Robert W. Gomulkiewicz10 Contractual freedom and fairness in EU data sharing agreements 195Thomas Margoni and Alain StrowelSection BPatent, trade secrets and technology licensing11 International patent licensing 218Mark Anderson and Agnieszka Wozniak12 Licensing of standards-essential patents on FRAND terms 244Jorge L. Contreras13 The licensing of trade secrets and know-how 265John Hull14 Technology licensing between academic institutions and private companies 287Heinz Goddar15 Socially responsible intellectual property licensing: the case of theMedicines Patent Pool 299Nataliya Omelchuk and Kelvin NguyenSection CTrademark licensing and character merchandising16 Trademark licensing between differences and convergence: a comparativeand critical overview 314Irene Calboli17 Character merchandising licensing agreements 335Irene Calboli and Gabrielle ArmstrongPART III SELECTED REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES18 Licensing intellectual property rights in Africa: focus on ARIPO selectedmember states and South Africa 369Martha Kabaira Chikowore19 Intellectual property licensing in China 393Hong Xue20 Intellectual property licensing in India 407Nikhil Krishnamurthy and Gautam K.M.21 Intellectual property licensing in Japan 429Shinto Teramoto22 Intellectual property licensing in the Federative Republic of Brazil 446Benny SpiewakPART IV GLOBAL OR REGIONAL HARMONIZATION OF IP LICENSING LAW23 A concept proposal for a model intellectual property commercial law 461Lorin Brennan and Jeff Dodd24 European IP license contract law: a model for data sharing transactions? 487Mary-Rose McGuire