Legal Analysis Of CJEU Hearing On Spain’s Case Against Unitary Patent

A new legal analysis looks at the 1 July oral hearing of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) on Spain’s nullity actions against the regulations on the “unitary patent” and its language regime.

The report, entitled, “’Unitary patent” and court system – The oral hearing on Spain’s actions at the CJEU,” was authored by intellectual property attorney Ingve Björn Stjerna, and is published on his blog, stjerna.de, here.

“Although the three-hour hearing does not allow any direct conclusions on the Court’s position, the ‘unitary patent package’ might face new difficulties whatever the outcome of the proceedings will be,” Stjerna’s report states.

The Advocate-General’s opinion in the case is scheduled to be announced on 21 October.