European Patent Law
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European Patent Law

The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention

  1. 590 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

European Patent Law

The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention

About this book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of European Patent Law. It presents a critical analysis of the European patent law system and the proposed changes to it. The book explores the strengths and weaknesses of the European Patent Convention, and the interaction between the national and the European level, as well as across borders.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9783110774016
eBook ISBN
9783110781687
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Intellectual Property Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Preface
  3. Table of contents
  4. List of contributors
  5. Introduction
  6. Part 1: The existing system: the EPC
  7. 1 The role of EPO Boards of Appeal in shaping of patent law in Europe
  8. 2 The interaction between the UPC, national courts, and the EPO Boards of Appeal
  9. 3 Cross-border patent litigation under the EPC
  10. 4 Plausibility: a route to stronger and more robust patents?
  11. 5 Wrongful preliminary injunctions and EU procedural law
  12. 6 Proportionality and patent injunctions
  13. Part 2: The European Patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent Court
  14. 7 The novelty and inventive step requirement in Europe and under the UPP
  15. 8 Exceptions and limitations (27 UPCA)
  16. 9 Patent Arbitration under the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court
  17. 10 Supplementary Protection Certificates (Article 30)
  18. 11 Liability for infringement of EU law
  19. 12 Regulation 542/2014 on jurisdiction
  20. 13 Exclusive jurisdiction and competence
  21. 14 Constitutional aspects of the Unitary Patent Package (UPP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) – question marks remain
  22. 15 Trusting the Unified Patent Court: the importance of the institutional design of the UPC and its judges
  23. 16 The EPO within the Unitary Patent System
  24. 17 The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union
  25. 18 Rules of procedure of the UPC, a judge’s perspective
  26. 19 The user in the UPC
  27. 20 Unified Patent Court and international law
  28. 21 The patent with unitary effect and competition law
  29. 22 A system fit for innovation? Part I: (Dis-)incentives for potential patentees in the UP legal framework
  30. 23 A system fit for innovation? Part II: (Dis-)advantages for follow-on inventors in the UP legal framework
  31. 24 Patent mediation
  32. 25 Litigation strategies and bifurcation
  33. 26 Patent litigation strategies in Germany: maneuvering the evolving landscape of bifurcation
  34. Part 3: Co-existence and alternatives
  35. 27 The co-existence between EPC and patents with unitary effect
  36. 28 Institutional coexistence: the necessity of judicial dialogue and cooperation in the UPC
  37. 29 The role of the CJEU in European patent law from a procedural perspective
  38. 30 Gene patents in the EPC and the European patent with unitary effect
  39. 31 Decision-makers, institutional influences and the role of ethical issues in the patenting of biotechnological inventions in Europe: enter the unitary patent system
  40. 32 The UPC and the FRAND injunction
  41. Index