16-17 April 2010: Towards a European Patent Court
CEIPI Conference
16-17 April 2010
European Parliament Strasbourg
CEIPI is pleased to propose the presentations of the participants to this conference.
The State of Play
Session 1 : Structure of the Court, Composition of Panels and appointment procedure
- Structure of the court by Jan Brinkhof, Lawyer, Brinkhof, Amsterdam, Former Judge at the IP Chamber of the Court of The Hague
- Les Juges de la Cour by Axel Casalonga, European Patent Attorney
- Structure of the Court, Composition of Panels and appointment procedure by Gaston Raths, Chairman of a Board of Appeal, EPO
Session 2 : Jurisdiction as regards the subject-matter
Session 3 : Territorial Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
- La compétence territoriale et le droit applicable by Jean-Christophe Galloux, Professor at the University Paris II, President of the IRPI
- Territorial jurisdiction and applicable law before the European Patent Court by Pierre Véron, Lawyer and former President of the EPLAW
- Territorial Jurisdiction and Applicable Law by Eskil Waage, Lawyer, European Commission, DG Internal Market, Industrial property unit, seconded from the EPO
Session 4 : Link between the Europan Patent Court and the European Court of Justice
- Le lien entre la juridiction européenne des brevets et la Cour de justice by Hubert Légal, Director, Legal Service of the Council of the European Union, former Judge of the CFI
- EPCt and ECJ - substantive, organic and missing links by Kieran Bradley, Head of the Legislation Unit of the European Parliament's Legal Service
- The Link between the EEUPC and the Court of Justice of the European Union : A Sketch by Hans Ullrich, Professor Emeritus, Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges
- Le lien entre la juridiction européenne des brevets et la Cour de justice : by Anne-Sophie Lamblin-Gourdin, Associate Professor, University of Nantes
- Le lien entre la juridiction européenne des brevets et la Cour de justice : by Anne-Sophie Lamblin-Gourdin, Associate Professor, University of Nantes
Session 5 : Entry into Force, Opting-out and Transitional Period
Session 6 : Representation before the Court
- European Patent Attorneys in Patent Litigation Proceedings in Europe by Walter Holzer, European Patent Attorney, Former President of the epi, Course Coordinator, « Patent Litigation in Europe », CEIPI
- Représentation devant la juridiction by Christian Gassauer-Fleissner , Lawyer, Gassauer-Fleissner Rechtsanwälte, Vienna