EU PATENT COURT
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE CREATION of a Community Patent Court, with European Union (EU) jurisdiction, has been formally proposed by the European Commission, in its bid to harmonise and simplify EU intellectual property protection.If ministers approve the idea, it could ultimately end the current system where national and European patents are challenged in national courts, sometimes creating contradictory judgements and legal confusion. However, the Community Patent Court would only have jurisdiction over the proposed pan-EU Community Patents still being discussed by ...
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