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Impact on patent owners caused by use of national law in the Unified Patent Court

Östlund, Johanna LU (2022) LAGF03 20222
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka och klargöra den rättsordning som de-finieras av artikel 24 i Avtalet avseende en enhetlig patentdomstol (UPCA). UPCA:s rättskällor består av en kombination av avtalet självt, andra gemen-samma rättsliga instrument och nationell lagstiftning. Nationell lag har lägst prioritet men kan ändå vara problematisk när den tillämpas av en enhetlig domstol, eftersom det kan skapa osäkerhet och motverka harmonisering.

För att ge en bättre förståelse för hur UPC:s rättskällor samverkar, har UPC:s kompetenser analyserats, ur en patentinnehavares synvinkel, för att identifi-era tillämplig lag för olika rättsliga problem.

Granskningen har visat att osäkerhet avseende hur den UPC kommer att döma inte... (More)
Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka och klargöra den rättsordning som de-finieras av artikel 24 i Avtalet avseende en enhetlig patentdomstol (UPCA). UPCA:s rättskällor består av en kombination av avtalet självt, andra gemen-samma rättsliga instrument och nationell lagstiftning. Nationell lag har lägst prioritet men kan ändå vara problematisk när den tillämpas av en enhetlig domstol, eftersom det kan skapa osäkerhet och motverka harmonisering.

För att ge en bättre förståelse för hur UPC:s rättskällor samverkar, har UPC:s kompetenser analyserats, ur en patentinnehavares synvinkel, för att identifi-era tillämplig lag för olika rättsliga problem.

Granskningen har visat att osäkerhet avseende hur den UPC kommer att döma inte huvudsakligen beror på tillämpning av nationell lagstiftning utan har att göra med att UPC är en helt ny jurisdiktion där harmonisering av patenträtten i stor utsträckning kommer att tillhandahållas när UPC börjar fatta beslut.

Det huvudsakliga område där nationell lagstiftning även fortsättningsvis kommer att appliceras, avser materiella aspekter av patent. Detta är dock inte nödvändigtvis ett problem för patentinnehavare, eftersom regelverket tycks vara förutsägbart och relativt enhetligt ur patentinnehavarens perspektiv. Det är dock viktigt att patentinnehavare är medvetna om hur de kan påverka vil-ken lag som kommer att tillämpas på materiella aspekter av deras patent. (Less)
Abstract
This thesis seeks to investigate and clarify the sources of law defined by Ar-ticle 24 of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). The legal sources of UCPA comprises a combination of; the agreement itself, other common legal instruments, and national law. National law has lowest priority but may be a reason to concern when applied by a unified court, as it may cause uncertainty and contravene harmonisation.

To provide a better understanding of how the legal sources of UPC interact, the competences of UPC have been analysed, from the patent owner’s per-spective, to identify applicable law for different legal issues.

The review have revealed that most uncertainty regarding how the UPC will rule is not caused by application of... (More)
This thesis seeks to investigate and clarify the sources of law defined by Ar-ticle 24 of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). The legal sources of UCPA comprises a combination of; the agreement itself, other common legal instruments, and national law. National law has lowest priority but may be a reason to concern when applied by a unified court, as it may cause uncertainty and contravene harmonisation.

To provide a better understanding of how the legal sources of UPC interact, the competences of UPC have been analysed, from the patent owner’s per-spective, to identify applicable law for different legal issues.

The review have revealed that most uncertainty regarding how the UPC will rule is not caused by application of national law but has to do with that the UPC is a completely new jurisdiction where harmonisation of patent law will to a large extent be provided when UPC starts to make decisions.

The main area where national legislation will continue to be applied, concerns material aspects of patents. This is not necessarily a major issue for patent owners, as the regulations appear to be predictable and relatively unified from the perspective of the patent owner. However, it is important that patent own-ers are aware about how they may influence what law will be applied to ma-terial aspects of their patents. (Less)
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Östlund, Johanna LU
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  abstract     = {{This thesis seeks to investigate and clarify the sources of law defined by Ar-ticle 24 of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). The legal sources of UCPA comprises a combination of; the agreement itself, other common legal instruments, and national law. National law has lowest priority but may be a reason to concern when applied by a unified court, as it may cause uncertainty and contravene harmonisation.

To provide a better understanding of how the legal sources of UPC interact, the competences of UPC have been analysed, from the patent owner’s per-spective, to identify applicable law for different legal issues.

The review have revealed that most uncertainty regarding how the UPC will rule is not caused by application of national law but has to do with that the UPC is a completely new jurisdiction where harmonisation of patent law will to a large extent be provided when UPC starts to make decisions.

The main area where national legislation will continue to be applied, concerns material aspects of patents. This is not necessarily a major issue for patent owners, as the regulations appear to be predictable and relatively unified from the perspective of the patent owner. However, it is important that patent own-ers are aware about how they may influence what law will be applied to ma-terial aspects of their patents.}},
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