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 Acaba de `publicarse en la editorial Edward Elgar la 2ª edición de la obra "Conflict of Laws and the Internet", de la que es autor Pedro A. de Miguel Asensio.

In this thoroughly revised second edition, Pedro De Miguel Asensio presents a practical analysis of jurisdiction, choice of law, and recognition and enforcement of judgments in the context of online activities, examining areas where private legal relationships are most affected by the Internet. Addressing the tension between the ubiquity of the Internet and the territorial nature of national legal orders, the author sets out the latest developments across multiple jurisdictions in this dynamic field.

Extracto del índice de la obra:

1. FOUNDATIONS

I. INTERNET REGULATION AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. Cyberlaw, transnational law and self-regulation
2. Significance of conflict of laws

II. INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION
1. Introduction
2. Brussels Ia Regulation
3. Comparative perspectives: United States
4. International developments

III. APPLICABLE LAW
1. General overview
2. The Rome Regulations
3. Comparative perspectives

IV. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
1. Main features
2. European Union
3. International developments

2. DIGITAL SERVICES, INTERNAL MARKET, AND CONTENT LIABILITY 

I. CROSS-BORDER INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES
1. Definition and significance
2. Basic legal framework
3. Place of establishment and territorial constraints

II. INTERPLAY WITH THE INTERNAL MARKET
1. Country-of-origin principle
2. Geo-blocking Regulation

III. DIGITAL SERVICES AND ONLINE CONTENT
1. Digital Services Act
2. Other Union Instruments

IV. INTERMEDIARY LIABILITY REGIME
1. Implications
2. Safe harbour immunities
3. Digital Services Act

V. INTERNET TORTS AND  EU PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. General observations
2. Jurisdiction
3. Choice of law
4. Territorial scope of orders against illegal content

3. DATA PROTECTION AND PERSONALITY RIGHTS INCLUDING DEFAMATION 

I. TRANSBORDER DATA PROTECTION AND THE INTERNET
1. Data protection as a fundamental right
2. Basic features of EU data protection law
3. Data protection enforcement and conflict of laws
4. Cross-border transfers of data

II. TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1. Article 3 GDPR: significance and content  
2. Establishment of the controller or processor
3. Targeting criterion
4. Territorial limits of rights and remedies 

III. CROSS-BORDER PROCESSING AND SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES
1. Cross-border processing under the GDPR
2. One-stop-shop mechanism
3. Complaints with a supervisory authority and judicial remedies

IV. CIVIL CLAIMS AGAINST A CONTROLLER OR A PROCESSOR
1. Private enforcement and collective redress
2. Jurisdiction
3. Lis pendens and related actions
4. Choice of law

V. PERSONALITY RIGHTS INCLUDING DEFAMATION: JURISDICTION
1. Libel tourism, SLAPP and other challenges
2. Brussels Ia Regulation
3. Comparative perspectives

VI. PERSONALITY RIGHTS INCLUDING DEFAMATION: CHOICE OF LAW
1. Characterisation
2. Lack of harmonization at EU level
3. Future perspectives

VII. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
1. Introduction
2. Verification of jurisdiction
3. Public policy

4. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

I. INTERNATIONAL AND EU COPYRIGHT LAW
1. International protection of copyright
2. European Union: comparative perspectives

II. JURISDICTION
1. Typology of cases: infringement claims
2. Lack of exclusive jurisdiction and options under EU law
3. Grounds of potentially unlimited jurisdiction
4. Limited jurisdiction of the courts of the place where the damage occurred
5. Provisional measures

III. CHOICE OF LAW
1. Uniform rules and their limits
2. Ubiquitous infringements
3. Digital Single Market

IV. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
1. Legal sources
2. Types of judgments
3. Grounds for non-recognition

5. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND COMPETITION LAW

I. TRADEMARKS, DESIGNS AND PATENTS: INTERNATIONAL AND EU LAW
1. International cooperation concerning industrial property
2. European Union

II. DOMAIN NAMES
1. Main features
2. ICANN: alternative dispute resolution
3. Domain names under ‘.eu’

III. CROSS-BORDER INTERNET ACTIVITIES AND TERRITORIALITY OF IP RIGHTS
1. Use of a sign on the Internet and targeting
2. Exhaustion of rights
3. Online trade and measures against infringing goods

IV. JURISDICTION OVER DISPUTES CONCERNING NATIONAL RIGHTS
1. Exclusive jurisdiction
2. Infringement claims: grounds of potentially unlimited jurisdiction
3. Place where the damage occurred 

V. UNITARY RIGHTS: SPECIAL JURISDICTION RULES
1. Rationale and structure: general jurisdiction
2. Multiple defendants
3. Place in which the act of infringement has been committed
4. Unified Patent Court

VI. INFRINGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: CHOICE OF LAW
1. Territoriality and lex loci protectionis
2. Targeting and interaction with substantive law
3. Unitary rights: trademarks and designs
4. European patents with unitary effect

VII. UNFAIR COMPETITION AND ACTS RESTRICTING FREE COMPETITION
1. Unfair competition, trade secrets and IP rights
2. Online activities and competition law
3. Digital Markets Act
4. Jurisdiction
5. Applicable Law

VIII. SCOPE OF REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
1. Factors influencing the remedies available
2. Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments 

6. CONTRACTS AND TRANSACTIONS 

I. ONLINE CONTRACTS: BASIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK
1. International initiatives
2. European Union

II. CLASSIFICATION
1. Online and offline transactions
2. B2B, B2C and P2P contracts
3. DLT, blockchain and so-called smart contracts

III. JURISDICTION
1. Choice of court agreements
2. Jurisdiction in the absence of choice

IV. CHOICE OF LAW
1. Party autonomy
2. Applicable law in the absence of choice
3. Scope of the law applicable to the contract
4. Overriding mandatory rules and public policy
5. Crypto-markets

V. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
1. Introduction
2. Mediation
3. Arbitration and ODR

Ficha:

P.A. de Miguel Asensio
"Conflict of Laws and the Internet" (2nd edition)
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024
560 pp. - £215.00
ISBN: 978-1-03531-512-3