Session 8 (3:40-5:25pm)

Fairness, Morality and Ordre Public: What Does it Mean in Trademark Law?

Chair: Martin Senftleben, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Location: Assembly Hall

Dissonance within Harmonization of the EU IP Rules of Ordre Public and Morality – Lessons from Design and Trademark Law
Lavinia Brancusi, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Poland

Fairness and Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights: Is It All about Requirements?
Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos, Antonio Meneghetti Law School, Brazil

An Inter-Disciplinary Analysis of THE SLANTS Case
Vicki T. Huang, Deakin University, Australia

Ordre Public in Chinese Trademark Law: Recent Cases
Xiuqin Lin, Xiamen University, China

The Unfairness of Overlapping Rights: The Case Against Trademark and Copyright Protection Overlaps
Irene Calboli, Texas A&M University, USA

Post-sale Confusion, Parasitic Competition and the Boundaries of Imitation Freedom of the External Appearance of a Product
Marek Salamonowicz, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland