Part One: Jurisdiction I. The Proposed Hague Convention The Hague Conference Project for a Global Convention on Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement in Civil and Commercial Matters: An Update Andrea Schulz II. The MPI Proposal Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments – The General Structure of the MPI Proposal Annette Kur Provisional Measures and Multiple Defendants in the MPI Proposal Marcus Norrgård Contractual Jurisdiction Clauses and Intellectual Property Alexander Peukert III. Current Developments in Patent Law The EPLA Project and the Forthcoming Community Patent System – A Model for IP in General? Jan Willems The Relationship Between Regional (Patent) Judiciary Systems in Europe and International Conventions – Smooth Coexistence or Confusion? Stefan Luginbuehl Part Two: Choice of Law I. General Principles Choice of Law and Intellectual Property Richard Fentiman II. European Issues The Proposed Rome II Regulation: European Choice of Law in the Field of Intellectual Property Josef Drexl Comments: The Rome II Regulation Proposal and its Relation to the European Country-of-Origin Principle Matthias Leistner Choice-of-Law Rules in the EU – Special Issues with Respect to Community Rights – Infringement of Community Trade Marks and Applicable Law Eike Schaper Community Rights & Conflict of Laws: Community Trademark, Community Design, Community Patent – Applicable Law for Claims of Damages Axel Metzger III. International Issues Recent Judgments in Japan on Intellectual Property Rights Conflict of Laws and International Jurisdiction Toshiyuki Kono Choice of Law in the Digital Environment – Problems and Possible Solutions Ansgar Ohly The Joint Recommendation Concerning Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet Johannes Christian Wichard Who Decides on the Colours of Films on the Internet? Drafting of Choice-of-Law Rules for the Determination of Initial Ownership of Film Works vis-à-vis Global Acts of Exploitation on the Internet Dorothee Thum Alternatives to the lex protectionis as the Choice-of-Law Rule for Initial Ownership of Copyright Mireille van Eechoud