TY - BOOK AU - Larsen, Torsten B. AU - Torsten B. Larsen TI - Intellectual property jurisdiction strategies : where to litigate unitary rights vs national rights in the EU T2 - Elger Intellectual property law and practice SN - 9781786437501 U1 - 347.77 PY - 2017/// CY - UK PB - Edward Elgar KW - Intellectual property in EU countries KW - Forum Shopping - European union Countries KW - Actions and defenses - European union countries N2 - This timely and practical guide compares the jurisdictional advantages of litigating a national IP right with those of the corresponding European unitary IP right. The study offers IP practitioners a meticulous yet principled basis for their jurisdictional decisions and shows why it is advantageous for infringers to litigate based on a national IP right and rightholders to litigate based on a European unitary IP right ER -