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- THE EUROPEAN PATENT SYSTEM
- Mihály Ficsor
- Hungarian Patent Office
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- I. The national patent system
- the older instrument
- de facto harmonisation in Europe
- the „groundwork”
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- II. The European patent system
- European Patent Convention, 1973
- European patent = bundle of national patents
- supranational procedure, no supranational patent
- co-existence
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- III. The future Community patent
- real supranational patent covering the EU’s entire territory
- supranational judicial system
- co-existence
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- European Patent Litigation Agreement
- drafted by the Working Party on Litigation
- infringement and revocation actions
- European Patent Court of Appeal - Faculataive Advisory Council
- legal certainty, quick, high quality decisions
- the project is on hold
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- The London Agreement
- mandate to the Working Party on Cost Reduction: Paris Intergovernmental
Conference, 1999
- signed in London, 2000
- Article 65 of EPC
- CSs: waiving their right to require translations
- entry into force…?
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- Commission Consultation: „Future Action in Patent Policy” (2006)
- Commission Communication: „Enhancing the Patent System in Europe” (2007)
- quality, cost, efficiency, etc.
- Community patent – HU position
- compromise solution on jurisdiction – HU position: CTM/CD
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- - entry into force: 13 December 2007
- - amendments to national law: methods of treatment [new Article 53c) EPC],
second and further medical use [new Article 54(4) and (5) EPC], protocol
on the interpretation of Article 69, central limitation or revocation
(new Article 105a EPC), petition for review (new Article 112a EPC)
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