Eli Lilly and Beyond
The Role of International Intellectual Property Treaties in Establishing Legitimate Expectations in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Zusammenfassung
Durch mehrere namhafte Investitionsschiedsverfahren sind die Auswirkungen von geistigem Eigentum als Investitionen in internationalen Investitionsabkommen endlich ans Licht gekommen. Der jüngste Schiedsspruch, das einzige Schiedsverfahren mit Bezug auf Patente als Rechte am geistigen Eigentum – der Fall “Eli Lilly v. Canada“ – hat einige interessante Fragen aufgeworfen. Zwei von Lilly’s Patenten wurden ihm entzogen, woraufhin das Unternehmen versuchte, sie durch ein Investitionsschiedsverfahren zurückzuerhalten. Einer der von Eli Lilly vorgebrachten Ansprüche war, dass sein berechtigtes Vertrauen, ein Schutzstandard des internationalen Investitionsrechts, durch Kanada verletzt wurde. Durch die vermeintliche Nichtbeachtung seiner Pflichten aus Kapitel 17 der NAFTA soll Kanada das berechtigte Vertrauen von Eli Lilly verletzt haben. Die Dissertation soll herausarbeiten, wie die Beziehung zwischen internationalen IP-Vereinbarungen und berechtigtem Vertrauen funktioniert.
Abstract
Through the emergence of several high-profile investment arbitration cases, the effects of IPRs as investments covered under IIAs have finally come to light. The latest award, the only arbitration case dealing with patents as IPRs – the Eli Lilly v. Canada case – has brought up a number of interesting questions. Two of Eli Lilly's patents have been revoked, whereupon the company tried to redeem them through investment arbitration. One of the claims put forward by Eli Lilly is that his legitimate expectations, a standard of protection found in international investment law, have been frustrated by Canada. By allegedly failing to observe its obligations contained in Chapter 17 of the NAFTA, Canada frustrated the legitimate expectations of Eli Lilly. The thesis tries to analyze how the relationship between international IP treaties and legitimate expectations functions.
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