Is there Life after EU Patent Court Death?
The recent opinion by the European Court of Justice that the proposed EU Patent Court contravenes EU law, has caused many to believe that the EU patent court is at a dead end and that it is difficult – if…
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European Court of Justice feels competition from EU Patent Court and rules against it
On March 8, 2011 the highest EU Court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave its ruling on the draft EU Patent Court or EEUPC. It does not look good at all, as the court concludes: “The envisaged agreement creating…
Update on EU Patent and European Patent Litigation
It seems like the proper moment to provide an update on where we are with the creation of a single EU patent and how this EU patent, once created, will be dealt with in Court if it comes to infringement…
EU Judges optimistic about European Patent Court
The struggle to reach a single European Patent Court dominates “patent politics” in 2010 (see our June blog[1]). In September, some 120 patent judges from European Patent Convention states as well as guests from the US and Japan met in…
A new hurdle on the road to a EU patent?
The creation of a new European Patent System meets some firm opposition and obstacles from various sides. Debates have been going on for decades now whether we should have a EU – or in older terms “Community” – Patent. Presently,…