The 5th Biennial Asian Society of International Law Conference will be held in Bangkok on 26 and 27 November 2015. This conference is one of the biggest fora for international lawyers of the Asia Region and about 300...
Archive - November 2015
About the Facebook decision
The recent “Facebook” decision by the European Court of Justice can be interpreted from two different perspectives, which are not (however) mutually exclusive. The first interpretation is of a legal-technical nature...
Nivea v Neve: when winning a court case does nothing to help your reputation
The German giant Beiersdorf, proprietor of the “Nivea” brand, won its case against the small Piedmont company Neve Cosmetics, which had been accused of violation of exclusive rights concerning the name “Neve”, which was...
UNCITRAL: new session on electronic commerce in Wien
The fifty-second session of the Working Group on electronic commerce of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) will be held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna from the 9th to the...