The Europeanization of Intellectual Property Law Towards a European Legal Methodology

With a particular focus on intellectual property, this work explores some of the key methodological and institutional issues affecting the development of European private law. Leading experts consider seven key topics, furthering understanding of the impact of Europeanization on the substance and quality of law, the process of law-making in a Europeanised system, and the requirements for a truly 'European' legal order.

The work begins by looking at the making of European Intellectual Property law, covering models of European harmonization, the pursuit of harmonization to date, and the creation of the European intellectual property courts. It goes on to examine the impact of European IP law, covering the impact of constitutional rights and values on intellectual property, the impact of general EU law on intellectual property, the relationship between European and national courts, and European legal methodology.
Using intellectual property as a case study in private law Europeanization, the work generate insights of relevance and application within the fields of intellectual property and private law generally to help develop a European legal methodology.

Readership: IP academics and policy-makers. The work is of particular appeal in the UK and Europe.

Contents:
PART I: THE EUROPEANIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
1: Justine Pila: Intellectual Property as a Case Study in Europeanization: Methodological Themes and Context
2: Richard Arnold: An Overview of European Harmonization Measures in Intellectual Property Law

PART II: HARMONIzATION MODELS AND APPROACHES
3: Jan Smits and William Bull: The Europeanization of Patent Law: Towards a Competitive Model
4: Bernt Hugenholz: Is Harmonization a Good Thinga The Case of the Copyright Acquis
5: Graeme Dinwoodie: The Europeanization of Trade Mark Law

PART III: THE IMPACT OF GENERAL EU LAW
6: Christopher Wadlow: The Impact of General European Union Law on Industrial Property Law
7: Alain Strowel and Hee- Eun Kim: The Balancing Impact of General European Union Law on European Intellectual Property Jurisprudence

PART IV: THE IMPACT OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND VALUES
8: The European Fundamental Rights and Intellectual Property
9: Catherine Seville: Rhetoric and Reality: The Impact of Constitutional and Fundamental Rights on Intellectual Property Law, as Revealed in the World of Peer to Peer

PART V: EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL COURTS
10: Robin Jacob: The Relationship between European and National Courts in Intellectual Property Law
11: Jan Brinkhof and Ansgar Ohly: Towards a Unified Patent Court in Europe
12: Niilo Jääskinen: The Future of European Intellectual Property Courts: Intellectual Property and the European Judicial Architecture

PART VI: TOWARDS A EUROPEAN LEGAL METHODOLOGY?
13: Justine Pila: A Constitutionalised Doctrine of Precedent and the Marleasing Principle as Bases for a European Legal Methodology
14: Ansgar Ohly: Concluding Remarks: Postmodernism and Beyond