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Ellen has more than 20 years of experience practising trademark and IP law. Formerly a partner and the head of the trademark department with one of the largest intellectual propertyfirms in Israel, she specializes in global branding, trade markand trade     

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Clare, a partner in London solicitors Collyer Bristow, specializesin IP litigation. Much of her work involves trade mark/passingoff litigation, although copyright and design orientated mattersalso constitute important areas of practice for her,     

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Barbara Cookson was a patent agent who qualified as a solicitorback in 1992 when it seemed probable that there would be a convergenceof professional service firms. It did not happen. After partnershipin two large commercial law firms, Barbara has reverted to thesolitude of a     

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Paul Jones is with Jones & Co., a multi-lingual law firmin Toronto, Canada. He found time in his busy schedule to respondto questions posed by JIPLP. How did you first become interested in IP? I began as a commercial lawyer doing franchising, which ledto an interest in trade marks. Later I had a small client whowas threatened with litigation     

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An Associate Professor in the Law Department of the prestigiousEDHEC Business School, Nice, Cedric Manara is one of the liveliestand most influential intellectual property educators and opinion-makersto emerge from France in recent     

法人侵权责任能力的理论预设与制度设计——以法人本质理论为线索

我国民法学界以法人实在说承认法人的独立意志为理由,论证了法人承担侵权责任能力的合理基础,继而对拟制说进行批判,而事实上法人承担侵权责任完全是基于特定利益衡量的立法构造,与其意志的有无没有必然的关联。法人的侵权责任是法人机关的侵权责任,从形式逻辑的角度而言,它与法人的工作人员的侵权责任是有本质区别的,但就立法构造而言二者区分并无实际价值,在法人侵权责任具体承担方式上应该采取让法人机关与法人承担连带责任的方式。     

法人与行政主体理论的再探讨——以公法人概念为重点

公法人和私法人的区分是大陆法系对法人的基本分类,具有重要的理论和实践意义。我国应当重新塑造行政主体理论,特别应当采用公法人概念。在法人一般理论上,则应当修正法人的一般定义,并且在将来的民法典中以更加合理的方式规定公法人问题。国家机关不应当具有法人和行政主体地位,国家才是法人和行政主体。     

民法上的人

一　作为权利主体的自然人如果要问德国民法典的总则编规定了些什么问题 ,法学家们首先会笨嘴拙舌地描述出一幅这样的图画 :总则编要规定那些“提取公因式”的法律问题。然而 ,这个问题的正确回答应当是 ,总则编规定了对民法典其他各种权利发挥统帅作用的那些最上位的概念。这些概念在民法典中即是 :(1 )人、(2 )物、(3 )法律行为。我们可以借助于民法学中最高位的概念“私法自治”原则所表达的意思 ,清楚地看出立法者在民法学这三个基本概念的排列顺序中所表达的法律政策意义。立法者在总则编中规定的这三个基本概念 ,首先就是“人”的理论…     

Against Personifying the Reasonable Person

One way in which fact finders are supposed to determine the reasonableness of a defendant is via a counterfactual test that personifies the reasonable person. We are to imagine the reasonable person being in the defendant’s circumstances. Then we are to determine whether the reasonable person would have done as the defendant did. This paper argues that, despite its prevalence, the counterfactual test is a hopeless guide to determining defendant reasonability. In brief, the test is of the wrong sort to give fact finders the requisite guidance. What we are after is not a counterfactual judgment (what the reasonable person would do) but instead is a question of possibility (what could the reasonable person do). However, since the only thing impossible of the reasonable person is being unreasonable, personifying the reasonable person cannot offer any useful guidance on this question.     

社会保障法中的人--社会保障法被保障主体研究

社会保障法的被保障主体 ,指符合社会保障法的规定 ,有权取得社会保障待遇的自然人。作为社会保障法被保障主体的自然人是有差别的社会的人。社会保障法通过保障事实上处于不平等地位的人的基本权利 ,为减少彼此之间的差别 ,追求公平而努力 ;并以法律的权威性保障了人与人之间相互帮助的稳定性和持续性。人无论从一国迁移到哪一国 ,也无论其迁移了多少次 ,社会保障待遇不应被剥夺 ,迁移人员社会保障问题的解决需要各国相互协商和配合。     

民法上的人及其人性透析

“人”的问题是各个部门法的首要问题。各个民法典的基本概念及其基本价值观,都是以关于人的某种特定的观念为出发点的。对从古罗马法到现代民法中的“人”及其人性问题进行历史的探讨,以及对现时代的诸国市民法中的人性问题进行分析,可以得出“平等而理性的人”的民法共识并不是从古至今就融入民法,也并不是放诸四海皆准的“真理”,它仅仅是一种假设的结论。在此基础上对民法中的“人像”从理论上进行了较全面的描述,并指出了现代民法对这一问题应该采取的态度。     

应尽照顾被保护人的私人义务--以应尽监护未成熟子女的父母的义务为中心

一　问题的提起1.对有些人 (未成年人、精神障碍者、身体障碍者、老人等 )来说 ,必需受到他人的保护① 。有关保护的形式 ,可以区分为现实的、具体的生活上的照顾 (以下称之为“照料”) ,经济上的援助 (扶养 ) ,以及财产上的管理 [包括由于法律行为的援助 (同意或者法定代理 ) ]。其中 ,从人类生存的观点出发 ,最根本的是照料。要说最切实的、必需的这种照料 ,还得数未成熟人中对婴儿的照料 ,通常负有照料义务并在现实中完成照料义务的 ,是父母或者监护人等的私人 ,为主的还是父母。因此 ,本文虽然是以父母应监护未成熟子女的义务为中心 ,但…     

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This month JIPLP interviews Gonzalo Ulloa y Suelves, a well-knownpersonality not only with the Spanish and European intellectualproperty professions, but also internationally. Gonzalo graduatedwith a Master of Law degree from the Universidad de Madrid     

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Professor Gomulkiewicz is currently undertaking research intothe history of IP licences in Oxford. He is usually based atthe University of Washington Law School where he directs thegraduate programme in IP law and policy. Prior to joining thefaculty, he was Associate General Counsel at Microsoft. He     

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Tibor Gold was born in 1942 in Budapest, Hungary. In 1958 hecame to England, where he gained degrees in physics from OxfordUniversity and in law from London University. A chartered patentattorney, registered trade mark attorney, and     

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Shane Smyth is a popular and well-known personality in internationaltrade mark circles, where his friendly face and amicable demeanourprovide the frontage for a mordant     

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Miri Frankel is Manager, Legal Affairs, with The Beanstalk Group,which develops and manages turn-key, strategic global licensingprogrammes on behalf of owners of famous brands and trade marks.Beanstalk's clients include Harley–Davidson, Jim Beam,Jack Daniels, Shell and Volvo. Miri, a New Yorker, holds degreesfrom New York University and