États-Unis d'Amérique

Suède

Moyens de faire respecter les DPI

3. Please identify any requirement that a foreign party must meet to initiate a proceeding in the courts that is not required of a national or resident of Sweden and cite the legal authorities providing for those differences.

The Act (1980 No. 307) on the Duty for Foreign Claimants to Post a Bond for Litigation Costs contains provisions on what foreign claimants have to comply with in this respect. Basically, where a foreign national not having his residence in Sweden or a foreign legal entity wants to initiate an action at a Swedish court against a Swedish national or a Swedish legal entity, he must, upon request by the defendant, post a bond for the litigation costs which he may be ordered to pay under a final decision in the case. Then there are a number of detailed provisions about the waiver of that duty (for instance in relation to persons from the European Economic Area), about the nature of the bond, etc. which are, however, too detailed to be dealt with here.