Press Release: Opinion 1/09 – The draft agreement on the creation of a European and Community Patent Court is not compatible with European Union law

The Council of the European Union drew up a draft international agreement, to be concluded between the Member States, the European Union and third countries which are parties to the European Patent Convention, with the objective of creating a court with jurisdiction to hear litigation related to the European patent and the future Community patent. The wider context of that draft agreement is the introduction of an integrated system for the European and Community patent to be issued by the European Patents Office.