Out now: The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, Volume 12 (2024), Issue 1

The next data has been kindly offered by Wilson Lui, PhD Candidate, Melbourne Regulation Faculty; Half-time Lecturer, College of Regulation, College of Hong Kong. 

The most recent subject of the Journal is obtainable on-line and options the next papers delivered on the ILA-Korea’s sixtieth Anniversary Convention on Personal Worldwide Regulation held in Seoul, Korea on 11 June 2024:

Preface to the Particular Situation: ILA-Korea’s sixtieth Anniversary Convention on Personal Worldwide Regulation

Seokwoo Lee

Harmonization of Jurisdictional and/or Selection-of-Regulation Guidelines: Introduction to the Asian Ideas of Personal Worldwide Regulation (APPIL) Mission

Naoshi Takasugi

This text goals to introduce the Asian Ideas of Personal Worldwide Regulation (APPIL) Mission, which endeavors to facilitate the trade of concepts on Personal Worldwide Regulation (PIL) amongst students and to harmonize PIL throughout the Asian area. The APPIL Mission emerged from the longstanding scholarly exchanges between Korea and Japan, and Korean students and Korean legislation have considerably contributed to the APPIL Mission discussions. Given the appreciable range inside Asia, the necessity for harmonization of PIL on this area is much more urgent than in Europe or the Americas. If profitable, the harmonization experiment in Asia might function a mannequin for the remainder of the world.

Challenges of Personal Worldwide Regulation in Asia

Yuko Nishitani

The presence of Asia within the world area has turn into notable as a consequence of its thriving financial system. Arguably, it’s time to take into account how non-public worldwide legislation (or battle of legal guidelines) ought to develop in Asia and how much alternative it will possibly engender, contemplating that personal worldwide legislation has the potential to advertise financial and authorized cooperation with out unifying substantive legislation. First, this paper considers the function of the Hague Convention on Personal Worldwide Regulation (HCCH) and the various significance of its conventions on judicial help, litigation, and baby safety within the pursuit of personal worldwide legislation unification in Asia. Second, this examine elaborates and helps the usage of non-binding devices (or tender legislation) – mannequin legal guidelines, rules, legislative guides, and so forth. – as a fallback methodology of harmonizing non-public worldwide legislation. Third, this paper examines the rising extraterritoriality of regulatory norms of the US, the EU, China, and different nations within the world market. It will make clear the issues of conflicting, overlapping laws and permit scrutiny of potential pathways to limit the train of the states’ prescriptive jurisdiction. Some future views will conclude this examine.

“Asian” Ideas for the Recognition and Enforcement of Overseas Judgments? Singapore as a Case Research

Adeline Chong

This paper considers if there might be stated to be an “Asian” physique of rules for the popularity and enforcement of international judgments. Tapping on the outcomes of a analysis challenge which was carried out from 2016 to 2020, it’s submitted that the reply to this question is within the detrimental. Nevertheless, it’s recommended that what marks out the “Asian” strategy to personal worldwide legislation is the willingness of Asian nations to look outwards for reform and improvement and to stability the adoption of worldwide norms in opposition to vital native norms and targets. Singapore’s strategy to the popularity and enforcement is mentioned as a case examine of this Asian strategy.

Asian Personal Worldwide Regulation and Hong Kong

Wilson Lui

This text explores the present alternatives and challenges within the improvement of Asian non-public worldwide legislation. Reflecting on the expertise of the Hague Convention on Personal Worldwide Regulation and the Research in Personal Worldwide Regulation – Asia sequence printed by Hart Publishing, this text argues that Asian non-public worldwide legislation is at present thriving. Nevertheless, there stay 4 sensible difficulties within the additional improvement of Asian non-public worldwide legislation and the harmonisation of Asian states’ practices on cross-border points. This text then considers potential contributions from Hong Kong within the improvement of Asian non-public worldwide legislation, each as a facilitator for dialogues and collaborations amongst widespread legislation and civil legislation methods, and as an exemplar of interregional cooperation by creating and refining non-public worldwide legislation frameworks throughout the Higher Bay Space and the Higher China.

ILA Tips on Mental Property and Personal Worldwide Regulation

Dai Yokomizo

This paper goals to investigate the Worldwide Regulation Affiliation’s Tips on Mental Property and Personal Worldwide Regulation (hereafter known as the “Kyoto Tips”) and to look at their significance and future challenges. Because the variety of cross-border mental property (IP) disputes has elevated because the 1990’s, problems with battle of legal guidelines (non-public worldwide legislation) in IP disputes have turn into the topic of worldwide dialogue. One of the vital notable outcomes of this dialogue has been the creation of soft-law typed rules or proposals coping with battle of legal guidelines points. After some rules or proposals had been drafted, the Worldwide Regulation Affiliation Committee “Mental Property and Personal Worldwide Regulation” was established in November 2010, and, after lengthy discussions, the Kyoto Tips drafted by the Committee had been authorised by the ILA 79th Biennial Convention held (on-line) in Kyoto on December 13, 2020. What’s the significance of those Tips and what challenges stay for the long run? This paper will study these questions.

Territoriality and Mental Property Infringement Proceedings

Zheng (Sophia) Tang

This text examines the precept of territoriality in mental property rights (IPR?s) and its implications for cross-border infringement proceedings. It highlights the complexities arising from globalization and digital applied sciences, which problem the standard territorial nature of IPR?s. The article compares jurisdictional approaches in the US, the European Union, Korea, noting the strict adherence to territoriality in validity disputes and the various stances on infringement claims. It additionally explores the modern measures adopted by nationwide courts, notably within the context of Normal Important Patents (SEP?s), to increase their jurisdiction whereas respecting territorial limits. The article underscores China’s pragmatic strategy, balancing respect for territoriality with judicial effectivity, and its proactive function in setting world FRAND phrases for SEP?s. The evaluation means that whereas territoriality stays a elementary precept, evolving judicial practices are adapting to the calls for of a globalized financial system.

Admissibility of ILA Ideas on Mental Property and Personal Worldwide Regulation in Vietnam

Bui Thi Quynh Trang, Phan Dinh Nguyen, and Nguyen Thi Hong Trinh

Personal legislation on mental property (IP) has achieved vital worldwide harmonization, however worldwide jurisdiction is topic to nationwide laws. In consequence, enforcement of IP rights is carried out on a country-by-country foundation. This strategy results in a number of concurrent authorized proceedings, rising the chance of conflicting judgments and escalating litigation prices. These prices create a disparity between multinational companies and small and medium-sized enterprises. As a possible mannequin for future worldwide agreements on mental property and personal worldwide legislation, the Worldwide Regulation Affiliation (ILA) Committee on ‘Mental Property and Personal Worldwide Regulation’ seeks to handle cross-border IP disputes. This paper will discover whether or not the ILA rules might be utilized as fashions for legislators, judges, arbitrators and different competent authorities in Vietnam, a authorized system characterised by an absence of case legislation on the subject.