Press Release: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-44/98. BASF AG v Präsident des Deutschen Patentamts. A European patent not translated into the official language of a Member State may be ruled void ab initio in that State

Author (Corporate)	European Court of Justice: Press and Information Division
Series Title	Press Release
Series Details	No.70, 1999 (21.9.99)
Publication Date	21/09/1999
Content Type	News
Source Link	Link to Main Source http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp99/cp9970en.htm
Related Links	http://europa.eu.int/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Submit&docrequire=alldocs&numaff=C-44%2F98&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100 http://europa.eu.int/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Submit&docrequire=alldocs&numaff=C-44%2F98&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100
Subject Categories	Internal Markets, Law
Countries / Regions	Europe