Procedure
Jurisdictional system for patent disputes
Subjects: 3.50.16 Industrial property, European patent, Community patent, design and pattern · 7.40.02 Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters · 8.50 Community law
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): REGNER Evelyn (S&D)
Summary
An own-initiative report on a jurisdictional system for patent disputes. The amendments support establishing a Unified Patent Litigation Court by international agreement, addressing legal certainty, costs and time to resolution, the qualifications and training of judges, multinational composition of the central, local and regional divisions, languages of proceedings, a mediation and arbitration centre, benefits for SMEs, and the primacy of Union law under the Court of Justice.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled14 Oct 2011 – 7 Nov 2011
- Procedure completed
51
Amendments
distinct, in window
24
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committees
14 Oct 2011 – 7 Nov 2011
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
24 Members · by amendment count1
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
13
2Antonio MASIP HIDALGO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
13
3Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
13
4Rolandas PAKSAS
EFDD · 🇱🇹 Lithuania
5(5 solo)
5Adam GIEREK
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇱 Poland
4(4 solo)
6Jens ROHDE
ALDE · 🇩🇰 Denmark
4(4 solo)
7Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇬🇷 Greece
3(3 solo)
8Philippe LAMBERTS
Greens / EFA · 🇧🇪 Belgium
3(3 solo)
9Cecilia WIKSTRÖM
ALDE · 🇸🇪 Sweden
3(3 solo)
10Bendt BENDTSEN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇰 Denmark
2(1 solo)
11Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS
ALDE · 🇪🇸 Spain
2(2 solo)
12Dimitar STOYANOV
Non-attached · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
2
13Slavi BINEV
EFD · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
2
14Gerald HÄFNER
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany
2(2 solo)
15Krišjānis KARIŅŠ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇱🇻 Latvia
1
16Alajos MÉSZÁROS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇰 Slovakia
1(1 solo)
17Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU
Socialists & Democrats · 🇷🇴 Romania
1(1 solo)
18Eva LICHTENBERGER
Greens / EFA · 🇦🇹 Austria
1
19Christian ENGSTRÖM
Greens / EFA · 🇸🇪 Sweden
1
20Sari ESSAYAH
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇮 Finland
1(1 solo)
21Sajjad KARIM
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1(1 solo)
22Enrique GUERRERO SALOM
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
1(1 solo)
23Marietta GIANNAKOU
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇬🇷 Greece
1(1 solo)
24Alexandra THEIN
ALDE · 🇩🇪 Germany
1(1 solo)
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51 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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