Publications des institutions partenaires
Due diligence en matière de droit de la propriété intellectuelle : comment identifier et gérer efficacement les risques
Même si la valeur commerciale de nombre de sociétés résulte de leurs actifs intangibles, souvent protégés par des droits de propriété intellectuelle, l'expérience montre que la due diligence en matière de droit de la propriété intellectuelle constitue une tâche complexe qui n'est pas toujours maîtrisée. Partant de ce constat, l'article a pour but de présenter les...
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
How to Protect Trade Secrets in High Tech Sports ? A Legal Analysis in the Light of America's Cup and Formula One Experiences
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Sport et propriété intellectuelle = Sport and intellectual property
Actes de la Journée de droit de la propriété intellectuelle, organisée à Genève le 2 février 2009, regroupant des contributions de Marianne Chappuis, François Gindrat, Ivan Cherpillod, Heijo Ruijsenaars/Pranvera Këllezi, Nick White et Henry Peter/Jacques de Werra
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
The Rescue of UBS by the Swiss Confederation
This chapter examines the unique features of the rescue of UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, by the Swiss Confederation and the Swiss National Bank in the particular circumstances of the financial crisis culminating with the failure of Lehmann Brothers in September 2008. It analyses the particular mix of tools used for that purpose, including a capital injection of CHF 6 billion...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
La participation des actionnaires qualifiés aux procédures en matière d'offres publiques d'acquisition
L'entrée en vigueur de la loi sur la FINMA, le 1er janvier 2009, a significativement modifié la procédure en matière d'offres publiques d'acquisition. Sa principale nouveauté permet aux actionnaires disposant d'une participation de 2% au moins dans la société visée de devenir partie à la procédure devant la Commission des OPA et devant les autorités de recours,...
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
Journée 2009 de droit bancaire et financier
Les travaux de la Journée de droit bancaire et financier du 11 novembre 2009 se sont inscrits dans trois larges débats qui continuent d'occuper les autorités et les acteurs du marché. L'industrie suisse des fonds alternatifs ne sait pas encore à quelles conditions la future directive européenne sur les gestionnaires de fonds d'investissement alternatifs lui permettra d...
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
The Federal Intermediated Securities Act (FISA) and the Hague Securities Convention (HSC)
Until 2009. the holding and transfer of securities held through banks and other custodians were governed by traditional legal principles applying to movable,tangible property. But operational and commercial trends in the securities and custody business, such as the intermediation and dematerialization of securities, had been challenging these legal foundations for quite some time....
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Commentary of Articles 3 & 36
Article 3 deals with the notion and definition of intermediated securities. The commentary discusses inter alia the legal characterisation of intermediated securities as a new legal type of asset subject to its own regime.
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Le droit bancaire privé suisse 2009–2010 = Das schweizerische Bankprivatrecht 2009–2010
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
Who holds (intermediated) securities ? Shareholders, account holders, and nominees
This article addresses the question whether the provision of the 2009 UNIDROIT Convention on Substantive Rules for Intermediated Securities (or Geneva Securities Convention) interfers in the relationship between an issuer and its shareholders or bondholders. The question is central to many questions of corporate law and corporate governance. The article concludes that, except to the...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Les restructurations en droit des sociétés, du travail et international privé
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
Les transformations de sociétés de personnes en société de capitaux
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
24 thèses sur les restructurations d'assainissement
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
Liquidation d'un contrat de licence de marque et mesures provisionnelles : quelques observations à la lumière de l'ATF 136 III 200
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
New Developments in the Restitution of Cultural Property: Alternative means of Dispute Resolution
Alternative methods of dispute resolution are an important resource in matters of cultural heritage in addressing the return, restitution, and repatriation of cultural property. The purpose of this article is to analyze the situations in which such methods might be preferred to the classical judicial means and to examine the problems that might arise. The article is in two parts. The...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
What Legal Framework for Promoting the Cross-Border Flow of Intellectual Assets (Trade Secrets and Music)? A View from Europe towards Asia (China and Japan)
In the information age, intellectual assets (such as trade secrets and music) are flowing across borders and between continents. However, legal hurdles may still negatively affect and prevent the smooth flow of these intellectual assets, as shown in the article. Even though the article analyses the issue from a European perspective with a view towards Asia (China and Japan), the...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2009
Fighting against biopiracy : does the obligation to disclose in patent applications truly help ?
In the global fight against biopiracy, one of the key issues is to prevent the grant and exploitation of patents on traditional knowledge and genetic resources by requiring that patent applicants for inventions involving traditional knowledge and genetic resources disclose the source of those resources and provide evidence that the prior informed consent of the local owners of such...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2009
Des marques et des contrats : la marque d'agent et l'action en cession de marque
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2009
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