Model Law on Intellectual Property: A Proposal for German Law Reform - Abbreviated English Edition

The draft proposal for the reform of the German law of intellectual property (IP) - a project which was fostered by the German Foundation on the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) - focuses on modernizing the regulatory technique by furnishing general rules on both substantive and procedural issues. Together with the rules on the specific IP rights, they are merged into a comprehensive code of intellectual property. Thus, for the first time, severe gaps of current law - such as the law on license contracts - can be bridged. This abbreviated English edition provides: an overview on the overarching structures of IP-law * a proposal for a graded scheme of protection, differentiating between absolute IP rights and the protection of other efforts * a scheme on the interaction of European and national law on conflicts of laws and jurisdiction * a concise transformation of the Enforcement Directive * a full-fledged model of IP contract law * a proposal for the development of rules on consistent employee's creations.