Specialist committees and working groups made up of experts appointed by the national delegations discuss and develop policy papers on a wide range of areas affecting the European legal profession.
Patents Working Group
This Working Group follows developments related to the setting up of a Unified Patents Court (UPC) including Representation before the UPC, development of the draft Rules of Procedure, the European Patent Litigation Certificate and a range of other issues.
Members
CORNU
Emmanuel
Belgium
KRAG NIELSEN
Jakob
Denmark
FABIANI
Marie-Hélène
France
KRUGER
Christina
France
GÖTZ
Wolfgang
Germany
MILLER KC
Richard
United Kingdom
Documents
CCBE comments on the draft code of conduct for the UPC (23/06/2016)
CCBE preliminary observations on the draft Code of Conduct for the Unified Patent Court (04/05/2016)
CCBE position on Independence of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (15/05/2015)
CCBE response to the consultation paper on the European Patent Litigation Certificate Proposals (21/07/2014)
15th draft of the rules of procedure of the unified patent court dated 31 may 2013 Comments from the CCBE (18/10/2013)
The European Union Patent Jurisdiction (12/12/2011)
CCBE position paper concerning the proposal for a European and Community Patents Court (16/10/2009)
Proposal for a European and Community Patents Court CCBE Position regarding Article 28 Representation (19/02/2009)
CCBE position paper on the European Union Patent Jurisdiction (05/09/2008)