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European Union (EU) Not Giving Up on Pan-European Patent Court as European Commission Moves Forward with Legislation Plans In Spite of Legal Barriers

By Andis Kaulins

As reported on March 10, 2011 by Deutsche Welle at

EU member states agree on common patent laws, Italy and Spain sit out

the European Commission is not giving up on a "European and Community Patent Court", a planned pan-European court which just two days ago was strongly negated by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as impinging on national courts, as we reported at LawPundit.

25 Member Nations of the EU have now approved plans for such a court (with "no's" from Italy and Spain), thereby giving the power to the European Commission to draft the respective legislation, to be subsequently presented to the European Parliament for a vote.

Hence, in spite of the ECJ decision, a pan-European patent court is still in the works.

Full post as published by LawPundit on March 10, 2011 (boomark / email).