Data Bank
Council of European Union, Working Document "Towards an Enhanced Patent Litigation System and a Community Patent - How to Take Discussions Further": 12 July 2007
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1.2 MB
Latest developments on EPLA by Dr. Jochen Pagenberg (July 2007)
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319 KB
The FRAND Licensing Regime in a Standard-Setting Environment: "If it ain't broken don't fix it"
Damien Geradin & Miguel Rato download
4.1 MB
Commission statement - Future action in the field of patents.
Speech by Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
European Parliament Pleanary Session
Strassbourg, 28 September 2006 download
170 KB
[Draft] Agreement on the Establishment of a European Patent Litigation System (7/12/05)
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239 KB
[Draft] Statute of the European Court (9/9/05)
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104 KB
Assessment of the Impact of the European Patent Ligitation Agreement (EPLA) on Litigation of European Patents
prepared February 2006 download
285 KB
[Draft] UK Patent Office's response to European Commission Questionnaire "On the patent system in Europe" (09/01/06)
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127 KB
EPLAW response to European Commission Questionnaire "On the patent system in Europe" (16/01/06)
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2.2 MB
UK Patent Judges' response to European Commission Questionnaire "On the patent system in Europe" (09/01/06)
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528 KB
ECJ Advocate General's Opinion in Primus v Roche: The Spider in the Web - The End Soon?
French Translation
(English translation not available yet) download
1.9 MB
ECJ Advocate General's Opinion in Primus v Roche: The Spider in the Web - The End Soon?
German Translation
(English translation not available yet) download
2 MB
Stocktaking on industrial and intellectual property
Speech by Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
Stocktaking on industrial and intellectual property
European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee
Brussels, 29 November 2005
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It is intended that this section of the website will contain a useful collection of background materials such as key policy documents under active discussion within EPLAW. At this stage EPLAW has not had the resources to complete this Data Bank but the project is in hand.
Year Books
EPLAW Year Book 2004-2005
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12.1 MB
EPLAW Year Book 2002-2003
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2.9 MB