Recently Added Material

28/11/2012: Unified Patent Court
Latest publicly available version of the Draft agreement on a Unified Patent Court 2012-11-14_Draft_Agreement_Unified_Patent_Court_+_Statute_st16222.en12.pdf ( 321 KB )
28/11/2012: Unitary Patent
Latest publicly available version of the Proposal for a Regulation on Unitary Patent 2012-11-20_UNOFFICIAL_New_Art_5a_Regul_Unitary_Patent.pdf ( 12 KB ) 932_2011-06-23_Prop_11328-11_Enhanced_coop_creation_Unitary patent.pdf ( 207 KB )
27/06/2012: Rules of Procedure

Latest (9th) draft of the Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court.

184_Rules of Procedure 24 05 12 CLEAN (12805293_1) (2).pdf ( 609 KB )
31/05/2012: Young EPLAW Congress 2012
Presentations from the Young EPLAW Congress 2012 held in Brussels on 23 April 2012. Brussels 23 4 12 EPLAW Stem cells ppt_01204425.pdf ( 548 KB ) Cross border practice after AG's opinion in Solvay Honeywell.pdf ( 322 KB ) Goods in transit_FINAL.pdf ( 140 KB ) Unified Patent Litigation System Young EPLAW (12443069_1) PPT_01205028.pdf ( 278 KB ) Bifurcation consolidated presentation.pdf ( 780 KB ) Presentation SPC_I_II_III.pdf ( 369 KB )
26/04/2012: Draft Rules of Procedure
Links below to:
  • Letter from the President, Christian Gassauer-Fleissner
  • Draft Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court received from the Drafting Committee
  • Comments of the Board on this draft as sent to the Drafting Committee
  • Suggestions received from members of the Board
 2012-04-26_Letter_to_the_EPLAW_members.pdf ( 136 KB ) 2012-03-30_draft_Rules_of_Procedure_UPC.pdf ( 508 KB ) 2012-04-20_Comments_EPLAW_Board_on_draft_RoP.pdf ( 309 KB ) 2012-04-20_suggestions_received_from_members_of_EPLAW_Board_ on_RoP.pdf ( 228 KB )
02/02/2012: Unified Patent Court
Submissions to the UK Parliament European Scrutiny Committee. 449_Submissions - Henry Carr.pdf ( 67 KB ) Submissions - Baroness Wilcox.pdf ( 55 KB ) Submissions - CBI.pdf ( 47 KB ) Submissions - CIPA.pdf ( 99 KB ) Submissions - IPLA.pdf ( 53 KB )
02/01/2012: Unitary Patent and Unified Jurisdiction System
Library of relevant documents collated by Pierre Véron dated 2009. 2009-03-23_Draft_Agreement_European_Community_Patents_ Court_st07928 en09.pdf ( 323 KB ) 813_2009-04-07_Revised_proposal_Council_Regulation_Community_patent.pdf ( 218 KB ) 2009-04-24_Request_opinion_ECJ_st09076 en09.pdf ( 97 KB ) 2009-09-29_Council_conclusions_13705_09_PI_91_Cour_63.pdf ( 81 KB ) 2009-09-29_Council_proposal_Amendments_EPC_13707_09_PI_93.pdf ( 367 KB ) 2009-09-29_Council_proposal_Community_Patent13706_09_PI_92.pdf ( 194 KB ) 2009-10-16_Consolidated_Draft_RoP_4_VC09.pdf ( 299 KB )
02/01/2012: Unitary Patent and Unified Jurisdiction System
Library of relevant documents collated by Pierre Véron dated 2010. 2010-07-02_Opinion_AG_EN_translation_full.pdf ( 338 KB ) 177_2010-12-07_Enhanced Cooperation - letter to Mr Barnier.pdf ( 95 KB ) 2010.12.07_letter ITS-SPA on EU Patent.pdf ( 128 KB ) 35_2010-12-14_COM(2010)790-final_en_Enhanced_cooperation.pdf ( 195 KB )
02/01/2012: Unitary Patent and Unified Jurisdiction System
Library of relevant documents collated by Pierre Véron dated 2011. 2011-03-08_CJUE_Opinion_1-09_of_the_Court.pdf ( 187 KB ) 2011-03-08_CJUE_Opinion_1-09_Press_Release.pdf ( 24 KB ) 2011-06-23_Prop_11328-11_Enhanced_coop_creation_Unitary patent.pdf ( 208 KB ) 2011-09-09_Reflections Benelux Court Justice_st13984 en11.pdf ( 136 KB ) 2011-09-27_Draft agreement Unified Patent Court Statute_st13751 en11.pdf ( 281 KB ) 2011-10-19_Draft agreement_v19 October 2011.pdf ( 326 KB ) 2011-10-26_Draft_agreement_st16023 en11.pdf ( 264 KB ) 2011-11-11_Draft_agreement_st16741_en11.pdf ( 153 KB ) 2011-11-24_Guidance_future_work_st17539 en11 (2).pdf ( 180 KB )
22/12/2011: Congress 2011
Presentations from Congress Art 6-8 of the unitary patent regulation_01156689.pptx ( 499 KB ) Catching the angora cat_01154845.pptx ( 472 KB ) Direct infrigement - Too much subjectivity (G Galimberti)_01156685.pptx ( 178 KB ) Direct infringement - too much subjectivity (R Hilli)_01156688.PPTX ( 898 KB ) Inventive step_01154844.pptx ( 995 KB ) The case in favour of prosecution history Estoppel_01156687.pptx ( 485 KB ) Unitary Patent Unified Patent_01156833.pdf ( 497 KB ) Why not use the prosecution file_01154843.pdf ( 247 KB )