Science technology innovation №2(10) 2019, 34-43 р

http://doi.org/10.35668/2520-6524-2019-2-05

Androshchuk H.O. — PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Chief Senior Researcher, Head of Laboratory of Legal Support of Science and Technology Research Institute of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine Intellectual Property, 11 Kazуmirа Malevуchа Str., 4 Bldg., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680; +38 (044) 200-08-76; h.androshchuk@ndiiv.org.ua

Rabotiahova L.I. — Leading Researcher, Head of the Patent Law Branch of the Industrial Property Department Research Institute of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine intellectual property, 11, Kazуmirа Malevуchа Str., Bldg. 4, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680; +38 (044) 200-08-76; rli@ukr.net

UNIFIED PATENT COURT OF THE EU: ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC-LEGAL BASIS OF
FUNCTIONING

Abstract. The EU’s system of patent law disputes resolution provides that disputes concerning the same European patent may be considered in parallel in different EU member states. To prevent such shortcomings from adversely affecting the transparency and functioning of the market, it was decided to establish a unified patent of the EU and to establish the Unified Patent Court of the EU. The required package of documents (“patent package”) is intended to make the most valuable changes in the legal regulation of the protection and defence of inventions in the EU over the past 40 years. The article considers the role and place of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the EU patent system. The organizational and economic-legal aspects of the creation and operation of a specialized patent court with exclusive jurisdiction for court proceedings related to European and unified EU patents; structure of the court; panel of judges; language of proceedings; financial activities; organizational and procedural provisions; litigation costs and fees are analyzed. It is emphasized that the economic factor is the key issue of the effective existence of the EU patent system. The experience of the Unified Patent Court creation will be interesting for Ukraine, which has chosen the path to create a specialized court in the field of intellectual property, because approximately one fifth of the Association Agreement with the EU concerns the unification of the legislation of Ukraine and the EU legislation in the field of intellectual property.

Keywords: European patent, EU unitary patent, Unified Patent Court, economic factor, EU patent system, patent disputes, court costs and fees.

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