Am Montag, 4. Juni 2007 08:51:56 schrieb Arnoud Engelfriet: Thanks for finding an english text.
> Just see EC Regulation 44/2001: > "A judgment given in a Member State is to be recognised automatically, no > special proceedings being necessary unless recognition is actually > contested. A declaration that a foreign judgment is enforceable is to be > issued after purely formal checks of the documents supplied." > http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33054.htm > > Most relevant is article 5(1) that says that "in matters relating to a > contract, [jurisdiction is] in the courts for the place of performance of > the obligation in question". If I'm in the Netherlands and distribute > CDDL software to a Belgian citizen while violating the CDDL, the > copyright holder has to come to the Netherlands, choice-of-venue > (mostly) notwithstanding. What about article 23(1)? "If the parties, one or more of whom is domiciled in a Member State, have agreed that a court or the courts of a Member State are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which have arisen or which may arise in connection with a particular legal relationship, that court or those courts shall have jurisdiction." But actually, that wasn't my point. I only wanted to show that "I'm living in X. If you sue me and win in Y, I just don't care" can be an expensive attitude in the EU. > Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch & European patent attorney - Speaking only for > myself Ups, a professional. I'd better be quiet now ;) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
