Research report 2013 - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Challenges for the unitary patent system

Authors
Jaeger, Thomas
Departments
Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München
Summary
The European legislator after years of discussions reached agreement over a Regulation on a European Patent with unitary effect and a flanking Court system. The result, however, is a territorrially and substantially truncated system based upon a strangely hybrid and, upon closer examination, deficient legal title. This hitherto unique model is analysed in the context of a research project which also is intended to develop alternatives.

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