European Patent Lawyers Association
- European Patent Lawyers Association
The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW, formerly EPLA [ EPLAW web site, [http://www.eplaw.org/Downloads/EPLAW%20Response.pdf "Response of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) on the Questionnaire "On the patent system in Europe" published by the European Commission on 16.01.06"] ] ) is a professional association of patent lawyers, with a registered office in Brussels, Belgium. [ EPLAW web site, [http://www.eplaw.org/Downloads/256269.doc "Extraordinary General Meeting of 06 July 2005, Adoption of new Articles of Association"] , Translation for information purposes only, 6 July 2005, Article 2. Consulted on July 25, 2007.] Its claimed object is "the promotion of efficient and fair handling of patent litigation in Europe and the strengthening of ties between well established patent lawyers in Europe." [ EPLAW web site, [http://www.eplaw.org/Downloads/256269.doc "Extraordinary General Meeting of 06 July 2005, Adoption of new Articles of Association"] , Translation for information purposes only, 6 July 2005, Article 4. Consulted on July 25, 2007. ]
In a conference organized by the EPLAW in October 2005 in Venice, Italy, a panel of judges adopted a resolution calling for a single European patent court. [ Bob Sherwood, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5508b5de-4cb3-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html "Europe’s top judges start campaign on patent cases"] , Financial Times, November 3, 2005 ] In a second conference, called the Second Venice Forum and jointly organized by the EPLAW and the European Patent Office in 2006 in San Servolo, an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in Italy, a panel of judges approved a Resolution adopting guidelines for the Rules of Procedure of the European Patent Court to be set under the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), [ EPLAW web site, [http://www.eplaw.org/News.asp "News & Events"] . Consulted on July 25, 2007. ] which has yet to enter into force.
Since 2001, the EPLAW also took a series of resolutions relating to European patent law. [ See appendices of EPLAW web site, [http://www.eplaw.org/Downloads/EPLAW%20Response.pdf "Response of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) on the Questionnaire "On the patent system in Europe" published by the European Commission on 16.01.06"] ]
References
See also
* Intellectual property organization
External links
* [http://www.eplaw.org/ European Patent Lawyers Association web site]
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