Grenzüberschreitend

Nuttig rapport Max Planck Gesellschaf over (voornamelijk) Gat/LuK en Roche/Primus: Exclusive jurisdiction and cross border IP (patent) infringement. Suggestions for amendment of the Brussels I Regulation.

“In consequence of ECJ judgments C-4/03 – GAT v. LuK and C-539/03 – Roche Nederland v. Primus, handed down on 13 July 2005, it appears no longer feasible for a national court to allow for consolidation of claims against a person infringing parallel intellectual property rights registered in different Member States, and/or to accept a joinder of claims against multiple defendants engaged in concerted actions. It is feared that this will entail considerable impediments for an efficient enforcement of intellectual property rights, in particular of patents.”

The purpose of this document is to provide input for the report to be prepared by the Commission on the functioning in practice of the Brussels Regulation on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (the Regulation), and to submit proposals for amendment (see Art. 73 of the Regulation).  

Lees het rapport hier.