| Author (Person) | Barker, Alex |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 29.6.12 |
| Publication Date | 29/06/2012 |
| Content Type | News |
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Heads of State or Government of the participating EU Member States agreed on the solution for the last outstanding issue of the patents package, namely the seat of the Central Division of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) at the European Council, Brussels, 28-29 June 2012. That seat, along with the office of the President of the Court of First Instance, will be located in Paris. The first President of the Court of First Instance should come from the Member State hosting the central division. Given the highly specialised nature of patent litigation and the need to maintain high quality standards, thematic clusters will be created in two sections of the Central Division, one in London (chemistry, including pharmaceuticals, classification C, human necessities, classification A), the other in Munich (mechanical engineering, classification F). However, on 2 July 2012 the European Parliament's vote on the European patent was postponed by a vote, requested by rapporteurs Bernard Rapkay (S&D, DE), and Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP, DE), in response to the Council's plan to delete three key articles. A case brought to the ECJ was threatened. |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe |
