On 17 December 2020, the Law Commission for England and Wales opened a public call for evidence on the topic of the existing law's ability to adequately regulate smart contracts. This Submission is a response to that call for evidence. It addresses the United Nations Convention on Contracts for...

This article discusses the Bilateral Investment Treaty (‘BIT') dispute between Australia and Philip Morris Asia Ltd (‘PMA') and the implications for PMA's intellectual property rights as a result of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (Cth) (‘TPP'). In Part 1, it examines the merit of...

The European Union (EU) maintains that the word “Prosecco” is a geographical indication for a type of wine made in Northern Italy, rather than a grape variety. This position has been relied on by the EU to ban the importation of any wine labelled as Prosecco into the EU, and into other...

This Commentary on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provides a detailed textual analysis of TRIPS – a pivotal international agreement on intellectual property rights. TRIPS sets minimum standards for national laws on copyright, patents,...