Article on the most recent developments in European Trade Mark Law for preventing cross-border trade mark grabbing. The article outlines the current state of play in Europe on when right owners are able to invalidate bad faith trade mark applications on the grounds of earlier use. It discusses...

Why military commissions? Given the United States’s track record of success in trying terrorists in civilian criminal courts, and the availability of courts-martial to try war crimes, why has the United States government, under both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations alike,...

Piracy may seem antiquated, but it is still a very real threat to the maritime industry with an annual cost of several billion dollars. This problem stems from 'pirate' being too good a job (in a very literal sense) to pass up. Piracy pays a lot, and pirates face virtually no repercussions for...

Border tax adjustments (BTAs) may be able to alleviate concerns of reduced competitiveness for countries introducing environmental taxes and standards, while limiting the risk of companies relocating to developing countries to exploit lax environmental regimes - known as leakage. However, the...

La présente note revient sur l'arrêt CJUE, 12 mai 2011, aff. C-144/10, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) c. JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Frankfurt Branch. Au terme de cet arrêt, la solution suivante est posée: "une interprétation large de l'article 22, point 2, du règlement n° 44/2001, en vertu...

This article examines two distinct types of narratives prevalent in academic writing and popular press regarding the causes of the crisis in Europe. The first type, a morality tale, attributes the crisis to profligate southern states that refused to abide by the strictures of the Stability and...

In contrast to the whirlwind pace and the efficiency with which the science and commercialization of modern biotechnology have developed in the past few decades, the creation of an adequate and comprehensive regulatory regime for agricultural biotechnology has proven to be a lengthy and arduous...