1 April 2011Jurisdiction reportsMichiel Rijsdijk

Court thwarts community patent court

After years of discussion, the Council of the European Union asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg on July 6, 2009 to give an opinion on its draft agreement regarding a court for the European and Community patent. The ECJ had to decide whether this common system for settling patent disputes is compatible with the provisions of the EC Treaty.

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