http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/03/unitary-patent-political-struggle-and-shift-of-competence-towards-central-division/ Intellectual Property Observations Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/03/unitary-patent-political-struggle-and-shift-of-competence-towards-central-division/#comment-784 JURI Committee considers Council version of Unitary Patent Regulation infringing EU Primary Law and leaves for Summer Break | ksnh::law Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:40:57 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3195#comment-784 [...] among members of the EU Parliament in general and its legal committee (JURI) in particular (see here and here), the direction in which toaday’s JURI meeting would go was not utterly hard to [...] [...] among members of the EU Parliament in general and its legal committee (JURI) in particular (see here and here), the direction in which toaday’s JURI meeting would go was not utterly hard to [...]

]]> http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/03/unitary-patent-political-struggle-and-shift-of-competence-towards-central-division/#comment-777 Rc Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:47:50 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3195#comment-777 Quite frankly, granting non-EU patentees (and only them!) the right to pursue infringement proceedings at the Central Division rather than the Local Division of the defendant and/or infringement seems utterly bonkers, especially considering the rules regarding the language of the proceedings. What will happen when, say, a Portuguese SME, operating exclusively in the domestic market, finds itself sued, in English, at the Munich chamber of the Central Division by a US multinational or, worse, a patent troll based in some Caribbean tax haven? Quite frankly, granting non-EU patentees (and only them!) the right to pursue infringement proceedings at the Central Division rather than the Local Division of the defendant and/or infringement seems utterly bonkers, especially considering the rules regarding the language of the proceedings. What will happen when, say, a Portuguese SME, operating exclusively in the domestic market, finds itself sued, in English, at the Munich chamber of the Central Division by a US multinational or, worse, a patent troll based in some Caribbean tax haven?

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