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Encyclopedia > European patent law

European patent law covers a wide range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973, and a number of European Union directives and regulations. Legislation refers 1. ... For publications of this name, see also Nation (disambiguation) The most popular modern ethical and philosophical doctrines state that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or substance (known as an invention) which is new, inventive and useful. ... Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Law, Legal Definitions... The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention or Strasbourg Convention is a multilateral treaty signed by Member States of the Council of Europe on November 27, 1963 in Strasbourg, France. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The European Patent Convention (EPC) or Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973 is a legal text instituting the European Patent Organisation and the system according to which European patents are granted. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The legislative acts of the European Union (EU) can have different forms: regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions. ...


In Europe, a patent can currently either be obtained nationally, or through the European Patent Office (EPO), in which case the granted patent is a European patent. In both cases, the application procedure can either be direct or through the international filing procedure provided for by the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... The European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, which is the main organ of the organisation) is a public international organisation set up by the European Patent Convention. ... The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions worldwide, or more precisely in about 125 countries. ...


There is currently no single European Union-wide patent enforceable before one single court. Only national courts are competent regarding the enforcement of patents. The Community Patent is being debated since the 1970s, but in view of the difficulties in reaching an agreement on this proposed EU legislation, other legal agreements have been proposed outside the European Union legal framework to reduce the cost of translation (of patents when granted) and litigation, namely the London Agreement and the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA). A court is an official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. ... The Community Patent is a patent law measure being debated within the European Union, which would allow individuals and companies to obtain a unitary patent throughout all European Union countries. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language — the source text — and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language — called the target text, or the translation. ... // A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ... The London Agreement, or formally the Agreement dated 17 October 2000 on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, is a patent law agreement concluded in London on October 17, 2000 and aimed at reducing the cost of translation of European patents granted... The draft European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), or formally the Draft Agreement on the establishment of a European patent litigation system, is a proposed patent law agreement aimed at creating an optional protocol to the European Patent Convention (EPC) which would commit its signatory states to an integrated judicial system...


The European patent law is also shaped by international legislations such as the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement) and the Patent Law Treaty (PLT). The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states (WTO, 2004a). ... The WTO Agreement on Trade_Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is an international treaty which sets down minimum standards for most forms of intellectual property regulation within all member countries of the WTO. Specifically, TRIPs deals with copyright and related rights (ie. ... The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organisation. ...


Patent-related EU legislations

Regulations:

Directives: In European Union member countries, a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) is a sui generis, patent-like, intellectual property right. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In European Union member countries, a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) is a sui generis, patent-like, intellectual property right. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

The European Union directive on measures and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights was formally adopted on April 29, 2004 in the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, two days before the enlargement of the European Union to 25 member states. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Union Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions required two legislative procedures to be adopted. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The European Union (EU) directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights is a proposed directive aimed to supplement Directive 2004/48/EC of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Source: Justification for the proposal, COM(2005)276 final, July 12... The European Union (EU) Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (2002/0047/COD) was a proposal for an EU law which aimed to harmonise EU national patent laws and practices, which involved the granting of patents for computer-implemented inventions provided they meet certain criteria. ...

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European Patent Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (995 words)
The European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, which is the main organ of the organisation) is a public international organisation set up by the European Patent Convention.
The European Patent Organisation is not legally bound to the European Union.
The European Patent Organisation has two organs: the European Patent Office, which can be viewed as its executive body, and the Administrative Council, which can be considered as its legislative body to a limited extent, the actual legislative body for important matters being the Contracting States, when they meet during an intergovernmental Diplomatic Conference.
European patent law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (273 words)
European patent law covers a wide range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973, and a number of European Union directives and regulations.
In Europe, a patent can currently either be obtained nationally, or through the European Patent Office (EPO), in which case the granted patent is a European patent.
The European patent law is also shaped by international legislations such as the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement) and the Patent Law Treaty (PLT).
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