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Intellectual Property & Investment disputes 17th EIPIN Congress, Strasbourg, 29 January 2016 Ermias Tekeste Biadgleng, Legal Affairs Officer, Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD Ermias.biadgleng@unctad.org

Outline Introduction: investment protection and arbitration; IP under investment disputes (when, and on what basis) Limits of investment arbitration on IP disputes.

Introduction: Investment protection Bilateral investment treaties (BITs), Energy Charter treaty, free trade agreements: liberalization (e.g. US BITs); Non-discrimination +/- performance requirement; Fair and equitable treatment/int'l minimum standard Repatriation of capital and profit; Direct /indirect expropriation & compensation Investor-to-state dispute settlement; ICSID, UNCITRAL, Ad hoc arbitration.

IP under investment disputes: When? Valuation of investment assets for Compensation in case of expropriation Chorzow Factory: Germany v Poland 1928 PCIJ Amoco Int'l Finance Corporation v Iran (1987) Generation Ukraine, Inc. V. Ukraine (ICSID, 2005)- copyright license is an investment.

As a cause of action: plain packaging requirement and trademark Philip Morris –against Canada (2002); Australia (2013-2015) Against Uruguay (Uruguay-Switzerland BIT) …right not to allow economic activities for reasons of …, public health …. Only at investment admission stage Should "Investment" must contribute to the economic development of the host country? Not necessarily! Salini v. Morocco: “The doctrine generally considers that investment infers: contributions, a certain duration of performance of the contract and a participation in the risks of the transaction. In reading the Convention’s preamble, one may add the contribution to the economic development of the host State of the investment as an additional condition”. 130 the Tribunal sees no basis for concluding that the Claimants’ long-term, substantial activities in Uruguay do not qualify as “investments” under the BIT and the ICSID Convention.

destroyed the good will - trademarks, Claim: the measures- destroyed the good will - trademarks, forced to discontinue some product varieties limits the right to use protected trademarks; Breach of obligation: not to impair by unreasonable or discriminatory measures, the .., maintenance, use, enjoyment,…, sale … of investment fair and equitable treatment Direct/indirect expropriation

WTO claims encumbering the use of trademarks through special requirements; diminishing GIs protection; Failing to protect: "well known" marks, a foreign trademark "as is", and against unfair competition preventing owners from enjoying the rights conferred by a trademark, Inconsistency with the standards for exceptions to the rights conferred.

As a cause of action: Eli Lilly v. Canada (ICSID Case No. UNCT/14/2) Revocation of patents for failing to meet the utility requirement (2010/11): the Supreme Court investment ? Jurisdiction? Was there an asset capable of expropriation? Public international law doesn't create property rights

Expropriation & fair and equitable treatment Judge-made law (claimed as new, additional & discriminatory requirement, beyond PCT) ? Was there a reasonable expectation by the investor under NAFTA, TRIPS and PCT The “promise of the patent”- a long-standing utility requirement 'or' a fundamental doctrinal transformation, unpredictable, unreasonably difficult to satisfy.

Limits of investment arbitration on IP rights Objective: protection of investment; Overcoming the limits of domestic institutions Perspective: Standards of treatment Yukos vs Russia, Investment Arbitration vs ECHRts Taxation excluded. Yes but part of the facts of the case substantially similar claims, evidence and arguments but different outcomes - standards of review.

Remarks Limits (2) Defining Investment rated aspects of IP Rights? Nature of IP rights: Right of use as investment asset? Protection, regulations vs legitimate expectation; Variation in the interpretation of fair and equitable treatment Remarks Defining Investment rated aspects of IP Rights?