Legislation, court cases and legal infrastructure of intellectual property rights within the context of international transactions.

International Symposium
"Intellectual Property and International Civil Litigation"

Date: May 8 and 9, 2009
Venue: Keio Plaza Hotel , Main Building 47th floor, “Aozora” (Tokyo, Japan) (http://www.keioplaza.com/index.html )

Organizer: Copyright Group, Industrial Property Right Group, and International Civil Procedure Group of the „Transparency of Japanese Law“ Project
(http://www.tomeika.jur.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index.html)

with simultaneous interpretation

Day 1 (May 8)

9:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:40　 Foundations of Private International Law in Intellectual Property

Prof. Jürgen Basedow
(Director of Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany)

10:40-11:20 ALI-Principles

Prof. François Dessemontet
(Lausanne University, Switzerland)

11:20-12:00 Discussion with Floor

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:50 Ubiquitous IP-Infringement and Cloud Computing

Prof. Seiichiro Sakurai
(Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)

First Session: International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction

13:50-14:20 Jurisdiction under the CLIP-Principles

Dr. Christian Heinze
(Senior Research Fellow of Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany)

14:20-14:50 Proposals of the Project „Transparency of Japanese Law“: Jurisdiction

Prof. Dai Yokomizo
(Nagoya University, Japan)

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14:50-15:10 Discussant

Prof. Yuko Nishitani
(Researcher at University of Cologne, Germany; Visiting Professor at Duke Law School, U.S.A.)

15:10-15:40 Discussion with Floor

15:40-16:10 Tea Break

Second Session : Applicable Law

16:10-16:40 Applicable Law under the CLIP-Principles: A Pragmatic Revaluation of Territoriality

Prof. Axel Metzger
(University of Hannover, Germany)

16:40-17:10Proposals of the Project „Transparency of Japanese Law“: Applicable Law

Prof. Ryu Kojima
(Kyushu University, Japan)

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17:10-17:30 Discussant

Prof. Mari Nagata
(Osaka University, Japan)

17:30-18:00 Discussion with Floor

18:00-18:20 Comments by Practitioners

Seiji Ono
(Attorney, Ono Sôgô Law Firm Representative Partner)

18:20-19:00 General Discussion

Day 2 (May 9)

Third Session : Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

13:00-13:30 A Proposal to Improve Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in IP Litigation: The CLIP-Principles

Prof. Pedro de Miguel Asensio
(Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)

13:30-14:00 Proposals of the Project „Transparency of Japanese Law“: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

Prof. Nozomi Tada
(Kumamoto University, Japan)

14:00-14:20 Discussant

Prof. Toshiyuki Kono
(Kyushu University, Japan)

14:20-15:00 Discussion with Floor 15:00-15:30 Tea Break

15:30-17:30 Round Table

(15:30-16:00) Keynote Speech

Prof. Shinto Teramoto
(The University of Tokyo, Japan; Attorney )

(16:00-16:20) Commentator

Judge Makiko Takabe
(Intellectual Property High Court)

(16:20-17:30) Discussion with Floor