This second edition of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing explores the multiple facets of IP licensing law from a global and comparative perspective through the opinions of leading experts. The Handbook combines an in-depth analysis of various specific types of IP licensing agreements (including FRAND licensing of Standard Essential Patents and data licensing) with a presentation of other topics of both dogmatic and practical relevance affecting all types of IP licensing transactions, including competition law and bankruptcy law. The Handbook goes beyond the analysis of classical substantive issues and discusses the treatment of IP licensing under international investment law and the use of commercial arbitration for solving international IP licensing disputes. The Handbook ultimately aims to offer a scholarly contribution to the development of global or regional IP licensing laws and policies. By opening innovative transversal, comparative and policy perspectives, this Handbook will appeal to a wide audience including IP practitioners, lawyers and IP and contract law scholars globally.

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Contents Foreword by Sonja A. London xvii Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Licensing: an introduction xviii PART I TRANSVERSAL IP LICENSING ISSUES 1 Intellectual property licensing and competition law 2 Andreas Heinemann and Giulia Mara Meier 2 Intellectual property licensing agreements and bankruptcy 27 Mark Reutter 3 The law governing international intellectual property licensing agreements (a conflict of laws analysis) 52 Pedro A. de Miguel Asensio 4 Intellectual property licensing under international investment law 72 Christopher S. Gibson and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 5 IP licensing issues arising in international commercial arbitration 96 François Dessemontet 6 Successfully arbitrating intellectual property disputes: practical and procedural considerations 109 Jacques de Werra PART II IP-SPECIFIC LICENSING ISSUES Section A Copyright and data licensing 7 Authors’ transfer and license contracts under US copyright law 131 Jane C. Ginsburg 8 Copyright licensing: a European view 156 Alain Strowel, Solène Festor de Suremain and Bernard Vanbrabant 9 Clarifications and complications in enforcing open source software licenses 177 Robert W. Gomulkiewicz 10 Contractual freedom and fairness in EU data sharing agreements 195 Thomas Margoni and Alain Strowel Section B Patent, trade secrets and technology licensing 11 International patent licensing 218 Mark Anderson and Agnieszka Wozniak 12 Licensing of standards-essential patents on FRAND terms 244 Jorge L. Contreras 13 The licensing of trade secrets and know-how 265 John Hull 14 Technology licensing between academic institutions and private companies 287 Heinz Goddar 15 Socially responsible intellectual property licensing: the case of the Medicines Patent Pool 299 Nataliya Omelchuk and Kelvin Nguyen Section C Trademark licensing and character merchandising 16 Trademark licensing between differences and convergence: a comparative and critical overview 314 Irene Calboli 17 Character merchandising licensing agreements 335 Irene Calboli and Gabrielle Armstrong PART III SELECTED REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 18 Licensing intellectual property rights in Africa: focus on ARIPO selected member states and South Africa 369 Martha Kabaira Chikowore 19 Intellectual property licensing in China 393 Hong Xue 20 Intellectual property licensing in India 407 Nikhil Krishnamurthy and Gautam K.M. 21 Intellectual property licensing in Japan 429 Shinto Teramoto 22 Intellectual property licensing in the Federative Republic of Brazil 446 Benny Spiewak PART IV GLOBAL OR REGIONAL HARMONIZATION OF IP LICENSING LAW 23 A concept proposal for a model intellectual property commercial law 461 Lorin Brennan and Jeff Dodd 24 European IP license contract law: a model for data sharing transactions? 487 Mary-Rose McGuire