IP KEY-Legislative Affairs Commission visits Hanken
The SCNPC from the PRC took part in a round table discussion on the topic ‘Unfair Competition and intellectual property law developments in Europe’. During the discussion Hanken and IP Key explore the concept of unfair competition and intellectual property law in Europe and discuss how they may affect Chinese norm development.
Hanken is the only academic institute the SCNPC is visiting during their stay in Europe.
The roundtable was chaired by Professor Nari Lee, Hanken School of Economics, and featured experts such as Davide Follador, IP Key, Professor Dr Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany, Professor Dr Niklas Bruun Hanken, IPR University Center, and Dr Ulla-Maija Mylly, University of Turku, Faculty of Law.
China has recently published its draft proposal on anti-unfair competition regulation. International and European norms recognize the need to promote fairness in competition and business practices.
The concept of promotion for fair competition and protection against unfair competition is not clearly defined in the law nor harmonized and yet it is found embedded in various elements of the intellectual property law providing protection against confusion, false or misleading indications, free-riding in the course of trade, misappropriation, as well as various regulations against substantive and procedural abuse.
More information:
Professor Na Ri Lee
e-mail: nari.lee@hanken.fi
Telefone: +358 40 352 1769
