Torremans, Paul --- "Cross-border injunctions" [2014] ELECD 926; in Torremans, Paul (ed), "Research Handbook on Cross-border Enforcement of Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 549

Book Title: Research Handbook on Cross-border Enforcement of Intellectual Property

Editor(s): Torremans, Paul

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781955796

Section: Chapter 13

Section Title: Cross-border injunctions

Author(s): Torremans, Paul

Number of pages: 20

Abstract/Description:

Cross-border injunctions are no doubt a useful tool in the enforcement of intellectual property rights. One needs to distinguish however between final cross-border injunctions and interim cross-border injunctions. The former are markedly easier to deal with than the latter, which also raise delicate issues of national procedural law. In both cases jurisdiction rules will play a dominant role. When it comes to final cross-border injunctions the starting point is found in article 44 of the TRIPS Agreement and in article 11 of the Enforcement Directive. Injunctions must be available as a remedy in the context of the enforcement of intellectual property rights. These provisions themselves remain silent on the potential cross-border nature of any such final injunction. When it comes to interim cross-border injunctions the starting point is found in article 50 of the TRIPS Agreement and in article 9 of the Enforcement Directive. Interim injunctions must be available as a remedy in the context of the enforcement of intellectual property rights. That much is clear, but once again these provisions themselves remain silent on the potential cross-border nature of any such interim injunction. A final injunction is the remedy that is awarded to the claimant as the outcome of a successful case. The remedy therefore corresponds, or if one wants to put it that way, sits on top of, the successful claim and the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case. There is a strict correlation between case, claim and remedy.