[Innovation / Patent / Democracy / European Union] ================================================ Henrion on UPLS: "Patent law should not develop in a legal vacuum" ================================================
The FFII Litigation Working Group presents six reasons explaining the shortcomings of a United Patent Litigation System (UPLS) without checks and balances for Europe. The European Council of Ministers has submitted last June a draft UPLS treaty to the European Court of Justice for an opinion on its compatibility with EU law. The draft UPLS mentions that the exclusivity to interpret substantive patent law rests exclusively within the hands of specialised patent tribunals, without safeguards for judicial oversight. Benjamin Henrion, President of the FFII: "The Council of Ministers is creating a patent court outside of the control of the European Parliament, outside of the control of the European Court of Justice, outside of the control of any national Supreme Court. Patent law should not develop in a legal vacuum." The six reasons explain why a United Patent Litigation System (UPLS) is not acceptable in its current form according to the FFII, among them democratic control and litigation costs. ================================================ Links ================================================ * FFII six reasons http://epla.ffii.org/sixreasons-upls ================================================ Contact ================================================ FFII e.V. Office Malmöer Str. 6 10439 Berlin Germany +49-721-509663769 (Fax office service) +32-484-56 61 09 (phone) office at ffii.org ================================================ About FFII ================================================ The FFII is a not-for-profit association registered in twenty European countries, dedicated to the development of information goods for the public benefit, based on copyright, free competition, open standards. More than 850 members, 3,500 companies and 100,000 supporters have entrusted the FFII to act as their voice in public policy questions concerning exclusion rights (intellectual property) in data processing. _______________________________________________ FFII Press Releases. (un)subscribe via https://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/news, or contact [email protected] for more information.
