Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States

“The book stands out from similar multi-jurisdictional collaborative works not only by containing the full package of all EU Member States, but also by the high level of detail of how national statutory rules and case law are presented. This work will no doubt be an important aid for in-house counsel and litigators in managing multi-jurisdictional IP lawsuits. It can also be used to make comparative law arguments in national proceedings.” -- Peter Ling, IPKat Blog, 2019


Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States provides a timely overview and thorough analysis of intellectual property rights enforcement in the EU Member States. Taking legal action in one or several countries in the EU to enforce intellectual property rights is quite a challenge. The adoption of European Directive 2004/48/EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights was meant to put a halt to considerable discrepancies in national legislations which caused uncertainty and a difference in enforcement between the EU Member States. The Enforcement Directive aimed to create a level playing field and to ensure a high, equivalent and homogeneous level of intellectual property protection across the EU.

Over the past decade, the Enforcement Directive has been transposed into all EU Member States, in national legislation and through its application in national and EU case law. Both are essential to understand the Enforcement Directive’s actual scope of application. In order to prepare and undertake an action in different countries – potentially simultaneously – knowledge of national legislation, local custom and practice, as well as procedural law, national and EU case law is essential.

This book is a collaborative effort of lawyers from top tier firms from all 28 EU Member States. It is a valuable resource for both practitioners – who are active cross-border and internationally – and general counsel – who seek an in-depth analysis of the legal landscape across the EU.

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Content

Chapter 1. Genesis, Adoption and Application of European Directive 2004/48/EC (p. 1)
Flip Petillion and Alexander Heirwegh

Chapter 2. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Austria (p. 49)
Manuel Wegrostek

Chapter 3. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Belgium (p. 93)
Flip Petillion, Alexander Heirwegh, Jan Janssen and Diégo Noesen

Chapter 4. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Bulgaria (p. 153)
Vasil Pavlov and Momchil Lazarov

Chapter 5. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Croatia (p. 193)
Aleksandar Bijelić and Lana Mrša

Chapter 6. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Cyprus (p. 223)
Ramona Livera

Chapter 7. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Czech Republic (p. 263)
Karel Šindelka

Chapter 8. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Denmark (p. 303)
Laura Roge Christensen, Claus Barrett Christiansen and Dan Bjerg Geary

Chapter 9. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Estonia (p. 339)
Liina Jents and Maarja Kärson

Chapter 10. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Finland (p. 371)
Ben Rapinoja and Lasse Laaksonen

Chapter 11. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in France (p. 403)
Caroline Casalonga and Edouard Becker

Chapter 12. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Germany (p. 435)
Daniel Hoppe

Chapter 13. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Greece (p. 523)
Nikos Th . Nikolinakos, Maria-Daphne Papadopoulou and Evanthia-Maria Moustaka

Chapter 14. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Hungary (p. 595)
Miklós Sóvári

Chapter 15. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Ireland (p. 639)
Gerard Kelly and Eimear O’Brien

Chapter 16. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Italy (p. 673)
Giorgio Mondini, Paolo Cuomo and Manuel B. Portale

Chapter 17. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Latvia (p.721)
Ingrīda Kariņa-Bērziņa, Maija Tipaine, Līga Fjodorova, Krišjānis Bušs and Toms Krūmiņš

Chapter 18. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Lithuania (p. 757)
Žilvinas Kvietkus and Julija Beldeninovienė

Chapter 19. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Luxembourg (p. 787)
Sophie Wagner-Chartier and Julien Pétré

Chapter 20. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Malta (p. 813)
Paul Micallef Grimaud and Sarah Louise Azzopardi

Chapter 21. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in The Netherlands (p. 859)
Alfred Meijboom

Chapter 22. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Poland (p. 899)
Tomasz Targosz

Chapter 23. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Portugal (p. 931)
António Andrade, Beatriz Lima, André Marques Piteira and Rita Lima Mayer

Chapter 24. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Romania (p. 959)
Ana-Maria Baciu, Sorina Olaru, Andreea Bende, Adina Badarau, Daniela Ghervas and Nicoleta Cherciu

Chapter 25. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Slovakia (p. 1023)
Zuzana Adamová, Ivan Petkov and Michal Čerňanský

Chapter 26. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Slovenia (p. 1055)
Gregor Maček and Igor Šetinc

Chapter 27. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Spain (p. 1085)
Montiano Monteagudo and Francisco Javier García

Chapter 28. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Sweden (p. 1123)
Richard Wessman, Hakan Borgenhäll and Arvid Axelryd

Chapter 29. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights In the United Kingdom (p. 1161)
Matthew Harris

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