Translation of "Juridiction unifiée en matière de brevets " (French → English) :

Central Division of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court | Central Division of the Unified Patent Court

Unified Patent Court [4.7] [ UPC ]

rules of procedure | rules of procedure of the Unified Patent Court

The UPC will ensure the uniform applicability of patent law throughout the member states participating in the enhanced cooperation, thereby avoiding the occurrence of multiple court cases with regard to the same patent in different member countries.

5. Is of the opinion that a Unified Patent Court can be created by means of an international agreement; stresses, however, that the Unified Patent Court must respect Union law; believes that this respect for the primacy and proper application of Union law should be ensured inter alia by providing for the possibility of requesting preliminary rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union in accordance with Article 267 of the TFEU; believes, furthermore, that it is necessary to ensure that any decision of the Unified Patent Court which infringes European Union law may give rise to some form of financial liability on the part o ...[+++]f one or more Member States;

The package allowing for the creation of a unitary system of patent protection consists of the two regulations today adopted an international agreement creating a Unified Patent Court.

H. whereas the Unified Patent Court must fully respect and apply Union law, in cooperation with the Court of Justice of the European Union as is the case for any national court;