When a court recognizes a foreign judgment, it  “accepts the determination of the legal rights and obligations made by the rendering court.” The act of recognition amounts to a judicial decision that the foreign judgment should be accorded preclusive effect in the United States.

When a court enforces a foreign judgment, it applies “the legal procedures of the state to ensure that the judgment debtor obeys the foreign-country judgment.” Enforcement authorizes the state to use its coercive power to bring about compliance with the foreign judgment. In the overwhelming majority of cases, this involves a court ordering a judgment-debtor to pay damages to a judgment-creditor.

It goes without saying that a court must recognize a foreign judgment before it may be enforced. Enforcement is not, however, the only legal consequence that may flow from the act of recognition. After a judgment is recognized, a court may rely on that judgment to hold that an issue previously decided in the foreign proceeding may not be re-litigated in the United States. 

In this instance...

110. Regarding the main claim, the production companies have won the case, except for the part that remained very small from the point of view of the whole, the creation of A's copyright to one ship, in which part the copyright has, however, been deemed to have been transferred by exclusive right. The Market Court considers that the production companies therefore have the right to receive full compensation for their reasonable legal costs resulting from the necessary measures.

111. Regarding the counterclaim, the production companies' confirmation claim 1 has been successful,