17 The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Preface VII
4. Table of contents IX
5. List of contributors XXIII
6. Introduction XXV
7. Part 1: The existing system: the EPC
8. 1 The role of EPO Boards of Appeal in shaping of patent law in Europe 1
9. 2 The interaction between the UPC, national courts, and the EPO Boards of Appeal 17
10. 3 Cross-border patent litigation under the EPC 27
11. 4 Plausibility: a route to stronger and more robust patents? 43
12. 5 Wrongful preliminary injunctions and EU procedural law 59
13. 6 Proportionality and patent injunctions 79
14. Part 2: The European Patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent Court
15. 7 The novelty and inventive step requirement in Europe and under the UPP 97
16. 8 Exceptions and limitations (27 UPCA) 109
17. 9 Patent Arbitration under the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court 129
18. 10 Supplementary Protection Certificates (Article 30) 153
19. 11 Liability for infringement of EU law 169
20. 12 Regulation 542/2014 on jurisdiction 185
21. 13 Exclusive jurisdiction and competence 197
22. 14 Constitutional aspects of the Unitary Patent Package (UPP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) – question marks remain 205
23. 15 Trusting the Unified Patent Court: the importance of the institutional design of the UPC and its judges 221
24. 16 The EPO within the Unitary Patent System 235
25. 17 The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union 251
26. 18 Rules of procedure of the UPC, a judge’s perspective 287
27. 19 The user in the UPC 301
28. 20 Unified Patent Court and international law 315
29. 21 The patent with unitary effect and competition law 339
30. 22 A system fit for innovation? Part I: (Dis-)incentives for potential patentees in the UP legal framework 355
31. 23 A system fit for innovation? Part II: (Dis-)advantages for follow-on inventors in the UP legal framework 373
32. 24 Patent mediation 397
33. 25 Litigation strategies and bifurcation 411
34. 26 Patent litigation strategies in Germany: maneuvering the evolving landscape of bifurcation 423
35. Part 3: Co-existence and alternatives
36. 27 The co-existence between EPC and patents with unitary effect 449
37. 28 Institutional coexistence: the necessity of judicial dialogue and cooperation in the UPC 463
38. 29 The role of the CJEU in European patent law from a procedural perspective 477
39. 30 Gene patents in the EPC and the European patent with unitary effect 497
40. 31 Decision-makers, institutional influences and the role of ethical issues in the patenting of biotechnological inventions in Europe: enter the unitary patent system 517
41. 32 The UPC and the FRAND injunction 533
42. Index 557