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Investment Treaty Disputes: Ideological Fault Lines And An Evolving Zeitgeist, Locknie Hsu Dec 2011

Investment Treaty Disputes: Ideological Fault Lines And An Evolving Zeitgeist, Locknie Hsu

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The zeitgeist of the 21st century in the field of investment treaty arbitrations comprises a rise in the number of such arbitrations and accompanying observations on the unwieldy jurisprudential effects of such a rise. The international investment arbitration community is alive with discussion over these effects, which discussion includes an examination of the value of prior awards as precedents.' The existing regime based on treaty interpretation clearly provides no formal system of precedent and the 'players' (read: arbitrators) change from dispute to dispute as investment arbitration tribunals do not fall within a single, neat judicial hierarchical system. With the number …


A Legal And Economic Analysis Of The Conflict Of Property Rights On Generic Names: Based On The “Little Sheep” Trademark Dispute, Wei Zhang, Ming Yang Jan 2010

A Legal And Economic Analysis Of The Conflict Of Property Rights On Generic Names: Based On The “Little Sheep” Trademark Dispute, Wei Zhang, Ming Yang

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自我国2001年修订《商标法》接受了"第二含义理论"——即承认"共用名称"通过使用可以产生显著性,从而得以注册为商标(第11条第2款)——以来,相关司法实践中的争议一直不断,尤其是引起广泛争议的"小肥羊"商标案的发生,使得人们开始担忧,允许"共用名称"注册为商标而给经营者带来的激励,不免引发过度投资,从而导致无效率的竞争和不公平的结果。但是,从"共用名称"之本质的经济分析出发,我们可以发现,允许该标识注册为商标实际上是避免出现"公地灾难"的有效率的做法。另外,商标法上相关制度的设置,也不会产生学者们所担心的不公平的结果。