Greetings everyone, I just thought that I share this if someone has missed this important piece of European patent law reform and advancements in Finland!
In February this year, the Ministry of Employment and Economy
of Finland set up a Working Group to make preparations for the
ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (“UPC Agreement”).
The resulting memorandum has now been published, including a draft for a
Government Proposal, which covers actions to be taken for its
implementation in Finland, as well as clarification as to how national
legislation would need to be changed to make it compatible with the
provisions of the UPC Agreement. It was proposed in the memorandum that
the Parliament would ratify the Agreement. Following this, ratification
is expected to take place by the end of 2015. The below quote is from
the press release published by the Ministry of Employment and Economics
on the matter:
“According to the proposal — provisions of the agreement that are of
legislative nature shall be brought into force by an Act of the Finnish
Parliament. The working group has also drafted necessary amendments to
the Finnish legislation on patents, including the necessary measures for
implementing the regulations governing the European patent with unitary
effect. According to the proposal a new chapter would be added to the
Patents Act. This chapter would include provisions on the European
patent with unitary effect.”
The Agreement contains provisions on the scope and limitations to the
exclusive right conferred by a patent. The relevant provisions in the
Patents Act would be amended with a view on achieving uniformity with
the provisions of the Agreement. The proposal also includes amendments
to procedural legislation that clarify the division of competence
between national courts and the Unified Patent Court as well as the
necessary amendments to legislation on enforcement and criminal
sanctions.”
The proposal of the Working Group can be found from: here, worth checking out!
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