Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Christophe Geiger, Craig Allen Nard and Xavier Seuba -- Intellectual property before the European Court of Human Rights / Christophe Geiger and Elena Izyumenko -- The European Court of Human Rights : an unlikely forum for the enforcement of IP rights / Aurora Plomer -- Copyright and the human right to property : a European and international case law approach / Thomas Cottier -- Taking power tools to the acquis : the Court of Justice, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and European Union copyright law / Jonathan Griffiths -- Intellectual property law made by the Court of Justice of the European Union / Vincent Cassiers and Alain Strowel -- The role of the European Court of Justice in the European Patent Court system / Stefan Luginbuehl and Teodora Kandeva -- Decision-making in the Unified Patent Court : ensuring a balanced approach / Clement Salung Petersen and Jens Schovsbo -- The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre : a centre of opportunities / Sam Granata -- Scientific complexity and patent adjudication : the technical judges of the Unified Patent Court / Xavier Seuba -- The procedural rules in appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office / Cees Mulder and Marcus Müller -- The functioning of the Community Plant Variety Office Board of Appeal / Martin Ekvad -- The position of the Board of Appeal in the legal protection system for Community Plant Variety Rights / Gert Würtenberger -- The boards of appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office : an alien within the landscape of European administrative law! / Stefan Martin -- The boards of appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office / Alexander von Mühlendahl -- The proposed structure and function of the Unified Patent Court : lessons from the American judicial experience / The Honorable Kathleen M O'Malley and The Honorable Barbara M G Lynn -- The best practice for patent judiciary : lessons from another experiment on specialized adjudication for patent cases in Japan / Toshiko Takenaka -- Europe's bold experiment : lessons learned from America's patent law experience / Craig Allen Nard -- The interpretation of international intellectual property instruments in national, regional and international courts and tribunals / Susy Frankel -- Investor-state dispute settlement and the Trans-Pacific partnership / Peter K Yu -- Does the WTO appellate body 'make' IP law? / Daniel Gervais