THE ENJOYMENT CAPACITY OF FOREIGNERS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor, Private and Islamic Law Department, University of Tehran

Abstract

Whenever we are analyzing the intellectual property rights we shall treat the enjoyment capacity as a principal issue of the private international laws.
The enjoyment capacity of foreigner on intellectual property rights is determined based on the nature of these rights on the legal systems. The economic nature of these rights dictates that the private aspect of these rights to be recognized in private law and consequently to have a maximalist approach and the public aspect of these rights respectively treated on public law with minimalist approach. This approach has the decisive effects on enjoyment capacity of foreigners.
 

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