The chapter “Jurisdiction” of the International Law Association’s Guidelines on Intellectual Property and Private International Law (“Kyoto Guidelines”) provides where international intellectual property claims can be brought to court. It defines the basic forum at the defendant's...

The emergence and development of global business activities, and the inception of the Internet have resulted in the creation of a new field of legal studies concerning cross-border enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. This novel area of law is known as private international law and...

The principle of territoriality of IP rights has been subject to much criticism recently. It is often argued that the territoriality principle does no longer fit to the needs of cross-border exploitation of intellectual property products. Therefore, in order to facilitate international trade,...