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
BARNY
Luc
France
COUFFIGNAL
Marion
France
LARERE
Emmanuel
France
ZIEGLER
Olivier
France
OSTERRIETH
Christian
Germany
DECKER
Nicolas
Luxembourg
MILLER QC
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)