Approach to trade dress and its impact in the international sphere: With special reference to international jurisdiction

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María Auxiliadora García Garrido’s article addresses trade dress and its jurisprudential origins, with particular attention to the normative uncertainty surrounding the concept, the branches of law that may apply by analogy, and the differing approaches taken across legal systems. It focuses on the consequences of the absence of specific rules in international proceedings and examines how international jurisdiction is determined under European rules and case law, with particular reference to Brussels I bis and the Lugano Convention.