US patent system starts long slow swing back to sanity
In two rare landmark rulings the US Supreme Court bashed some sanity into “Lawyers Gone Wild Vol 15”, otherwise known as the US patent system. In 1981 the US patent swung under control of patent...
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Even if the ECJ was given some competence by a new EU-EPLA proposal, this would only be competence in matters where difficult legal questions of EU law arise, not in core matters of substantive patent...
View ArticleRe: US patent system starts long slow swing back to sanity
Even if the ECJ was given some competence by a new EU-EPLA proposal, this would only be competence in matters where difficult legal questions of EU law arise, not in core matters of substantive patent...
View ArticleRe: US patent system starts long slow swing back to sanity
I don't think EU joining EPC would automatically mean that ECJ can intervene on substantive patent law questions. If there is a ECJ above the EPJ, then probably only for very special questions...
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EPC "joining"? Why not recodification of the relevant substantive provisions? Actually nobody needs the EPO as a legislative harmoniser anymore as the EU institutions do a far better job. There can...
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Main arguments for EPO vs EU are - EPO has more member states than EU - If it ain't broke don't fix it —- EPO is at least in some respects a very successful organisation.
View ArticleRe: US patent system starts long slow swing back to sanity
a) The EPO was unable to install a community patent. b) Who cares about patents in Turkey and Switzerland? They are assimilated. You just need to designate the patent to their offices once a community...
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