In its section on enforcement, the TRIPS Agreement demands effective remedies. In German law, however, the main focus is still on compensating the damaged party rather than on preventing the infringement from occurring. Thomas Dreier demonstrates that although intangible goods have protection needs different from those of tangible goods the existing framework can be used in order to satisfy the special protection needs of intellectual property rights.
In its section on enforcement, the TRIPS Agreement demands effective remedies. In German law, however, the main focus is still on compensating the damaged party rather than on preventing the infringement from occurring. In this work, Thomas Dreier demonstrates that intangible goods (creations, inventions, signs used as trademarks in commerce) require legal remedies different from those applied to the violation of exclusive rights to tangible goods. However he also shows that the existing legal framework can be used in order to satisfy the special protection needs of intellectual property rights.
Thomas Dreier
ist Leiter des Instituts für Informations- und Wirtschaftsrechts und es Zentrums für angewandte Rechtswissenschaft, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) und Honorarprofessor an der Universität Freiburg.
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