European Patent Law: The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention

This book provides a comprehensive overview of European Patent Law. It presents a critical analysis of the European patent law system and the proposed changes to it. The book explores the strengths and weaknesses of the European Patent Convention, and the interaction between the national and the European level, as well as across borders.

Author: Duncan Matthews
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 10/04/2023
Pages: 590
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9783110774016

About the Author
Lord Justice Colin Birss, Court of Appeal England and Wales; Guillaume Dubos, Partner, Abello IP Firm, Paris; Gail E. Evans, Reader in the Licensing of Intellectual Property, Queen Mary University of London; Jean-Christophe Galloux, Professor, Sorbonne-Assas Law School; Heinz Goddar, Partner, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, honorary Professor for Intellectual Property, the University of Bremen and the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC); Sam Granata, Judge, Court of Appeal Antwerp, Belgium and the Benelux Court and Judge, Unified Patent Court, Local Division, Brussels; Maximilian Haedicke, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Freiburg and Judge, Unified Patent Court, Central Division, Paris; Naomi Hawkins, Professor in Intellectual Property Law, University of Sheffield; Thomas Jaeger, Professor of European Law, University of Vienna; Alan Johnson, Consultant, Hogan Lovells International, London; Phillip Johnson, Professor of Commercial Law, Cardiff University; Tamar Khuchua, Post-doctoral Researcher, SciencesPo University, Paris; Matthias Lamping, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich; Thomas Leconte, European Patent Attorney, Abello IP Firm, Paris; Amandine Léonard, Early Career Fellow in Intellectual Property Law, University of Edinburgh; Stefan Luginbuehl, PhD, Lawyer, Head of Department, European Patent Office; Johannes Lukan, University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna; Milosz Malaga, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chair of European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; Aisling McMahon, Professor of Law, Maynooth University; Marc Mimler, Senior Lecturer, City University of London; Duncan Matthews, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary University of London; Ana Nordberg, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Lund University; Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska, Assistant Professor, Intellectual Property Law Chair, Jagiellonian University in Kraków; Maciej Padamczyk, Research Associate and PhD Candidate, Queen Mary University of London; Frantzeska Papadopoulou, Private Law, Stockholm University; Klara Polackova Van der Ploeg, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham; Christoph Rademacher, Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo; Stéphanie Rollin de Chambonas, Lawyer, Abello IP Firm, Paris; Alison Slade, Associate Professor, University of Leicester; Tomasz Targosz, Assistant Professor Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Partner TKP, Kraków; Matilda Titeca, Trainee, European Patent Office; Paul Torremans, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Nottingham; Hanns Ullrich, Honorary Professor, College of Europe, Bruges; Fernand de Visscher, Partner, Simont Braun LLP, Brussels, and Scientific associate CRIDES (UCLouvain); Karen Walsh, Assistant Professor in Law, Maynooth University; Konstantin Werner, PhD candidate, Humboldt University Berlin; Jacques de Werra, Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Contract Law, Director of the Digital Law Centre, University of Geneva; Żaneta Zemla-Pacud, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Of Counsel in TKP, Warsaw; Esther van Zimmeren, Professor in Intellectual Property Law & Governance University of Antwerp, coordinator of the GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence of the University of Antwerp.