Como quien no quiere, uno da una patada a una piedra y se encuentra con documentos relativos a litigios transfronterizos de patentes, EPLA y/o sucedaneos. El último que he encontrado en el altamente recomendable IP-JUR blog, es uno emitido por el Working Party on Intellectual Property de la Presidencia portuguesa del Consejo. Se titula "Towards an Enhanced Patent Litigation System and a Community Patent - How to Take Discussions Further" y, en él, Portugal explica los pasos a tomar teniendo en cuenta los últimos documentos en la materia. Para que os ahorreis las molestias, el blogger lvcentinvs, os dice lo que teneis que retener:
"5. The Portuguese Presidency suggests that work now focuses on the features and technical details required for a legally secure, cost effective and non-discriminatory patent litigation system around which consensus could be built among Member States and stakeholders. This work will take account of the comprehensive information on the features of the patent litigation schemes in all Member States and the factual material which is summarised in the Annex to this working document. This detailed overview is based upon the material that has been provided by the delegations in response to the questionnaire of the previous Presidency. The Presidency invites delegations to fill in any gaps in the attached tables which might exist in relation to their respective Member States in order to have a complete picture of the current situation in Member States.
6. While this factual material is helpful for assessing the impact of available options for a single European patent litigation system, there is a need for considerably intensifying the Council's continued search for effective solutions concerning a European-wide patent jurisdiction and the Community Patent. For this reason the Presidency has provisionally scheduled four Council Working Parties to take place during the second half of 2007. The first three Working Parties will be devoted to the main issues concerning the litigation system, while the fourth one will discuss outstanding issues related to the Community patent. This working document is thereforestructured accordingly.
7. Work concerning features and technical details of the litigation system will focus on the following issues: i. Degree and mode of decentralisation of the first instance of the litigation system;ii. Features of the second instance;iii. Qualification of judges and technical expertise in court proceedings;iv. Allocation of cases and relationship with the Brussels I Regulation;v. Rules of procedure;vi. Provisional and precautionary measures;vii. Operating costs;viii. Arbitration procedures;ix. Community patent.The present working document provides for different options on each of those topics which should be considered as building blocks for achieving overall consensus. [...]"
Ay Portugal, qué será de la patente comunitaria...
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