EU Patent Reform: Squaring the circle after the “Brexit” vote,

Article on the impact of the outcome of the British referendum on leaving the EU on the European patent reform (Published on 19/09/2016, updated on 15/12/2016)

The majority vote of the British electorate in favor of leaving the European Union has delivered a serious blow to the European patent reform. The usual protagonists nonetheless immediately started advocating for an instant ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (“UPCA”) by the UK, now even deeming possible the participation of a non-EU member which so far, due to CJEU opinion 1/09, was held to be excluded by the same people. When looking at the situation from a less biased perspective, a UPCA with the UK may only be possible after a structural revision of the Agreement.

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Resources:

  • Link to the report „Brexit: Letzte große Hürde für das neue europäische Patentsystem“ (“Brexit: The last challenge for the new European patent system“) of 01/04/2016 at www.juve.de (German)
  • Link to the interview of Legal IQ with Kevin Mooney on “What does the future hold for the UPC?”, published in July 2016 (PDF)
  • Link to the statement of Willem Hoyng on “Does Brexit mean the end of the UPC?” (24/06/2016)
  • Link to the report „Europäisches IP-Schwergewicht: Reimann Osterrieth und Hoyng Monegier fusionieren“ (“European IP heavyweight: Reimann Osterrieth and Hoyng Monegier to merge”) of 01/06/2015 at www.juve.de (German)
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  • Link to the editorial of the German periodical “GRUR” (German)
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  • Link to the article „Experts analyse participation post-Brexit UK in Unitary Patent system” of 29/06/2016 on the Kluwer Patent blog
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  • Link to Council document 14970/08 of 04/11/2008 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 15487/08 of 10/11/2008 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 11125/09 of 18/06/2009 (PDF)
  • Link to CJEU opinion 1/09 of 08/03/2011 at curia.europa.eu
  • Link to Council document 13984/11 of 09/09/2011 (PDF)
  • Link to the Commission Legal Service “Note to Ms. Margot Fröhlinger – Possible solution for the European and EU Patent Court (EEUPC) replying to the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in its Opinion 1/09” of 18.04.2011 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 10630/11 of 26/05/2011 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 11533/11 of 14/06/2011 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 13751/11 of 02/09/2011 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 13751/11 COR1 of 15/09/2011 (PDF)
  • Link to Council document 15856/11 of 21/10/2011 (PDF)
  • Link to CJEU decision C-62/14 of 16/06/2015 at curia.europa.eu
  • Link to the article by Prof. Thomas Jaeger “What’s in the unitary patent package?” (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 14-08) on www.ssrn.com (PDF)
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  • Link to Council Document 12704/11 of 11/07/2011 (PDF)


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