O’Malley, The Honorable Kathleen M; Lynn, The Honorable Barbara M G --- "The proposed structure and function of the Unified Patent Court: lessons from the American judicial experience" [2018] ELECD 920; in Geiger, Christophe; Nard, A. Craig; Seuba, Xavier (eds), "Intellectual Property and the Judiciary" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 357

Book Title: Intellectual Property and the Judiciary

Editor(s): Geiger, Christophe; Nard, A. Craig; Seuba, Xavier

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788113076

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: The proposed structure and function of the Unified Patent Court: lessons from the American judicial experience

Author(s): O’Malley, The Honorable Kathleen M; Lynn, The Honorable Barbara M G

Number of pages: 29

Abstract/Description:

The European Union’s first centralized patent court, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), is currently awaiting ratification. This chapter provides some brief insights on the structure of patent litigation in the United States in the hope that the US experience might inform development of the UPC.