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Announcement of Oral Evidence Session on Draft agreement on a Unified Patent Court and Draft Statute

17 January 2012

The European Scrutiny Committee has been following discussions on the proposal to set up a unified patent court in Europe, and has reported its concerns and those of stakeholder associations to the House through its Reports on 9 November and 7 December 2011.

The Committee will hold two evidence sessions. The first will explore the concerns of patent lawyers in the UK and Europe with the proposed court. The second will ask the Government to explain its policy on the proposed court, and to answer the concerns of the proposed courts’ many critics.

Evidence will be heard from:

Wednesday 25th January, 2.30pm

Mr Timothy Roberts, President, and Ms Vicki Salmon, Chair, Litigation Committee, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

Henry Carr QC, Chair, Intellectual Property Bar Association

At approximately 3.30pm,

Dr Christian Gassauer-Fleissner, Chairman of European Patents Lawyers Association

 

Wednesday 1st February, 2.30pm

Rt Hon Baroness Wilcox, Parliamentary Secretary, and officials, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

 

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