Swiss Patent Jurisprudence 2012

Authors

  • Cyrill Rigamonti

Keywords:

Civil Procedure, Expert Opinions, Infringement, Intellectual Property, Inventive Step, Litigation, Non-obviousness, Novelty, Patent Court, Patents, Pre-Trial, Precise Description, Preliminary Injunctions, Provisional Measures, Requests for Relief, Specialized Courts, Specialized Judges, Switzerland, Taking of Evidence, Technical Judges

Abstract

The new Swiss Federal Patent Court, with nationwide first-instance jurisdiction over all civil patent matters, has been operating since 1 January 2012. This article reviews and contextualizes the most important patent cases the Swiss Federal Patent Court and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. It concludes that the revamped Swiss patent litigation system has the potential of turning Switzerland into a competitive venue for the adjudication of patent matters in Europe.
JIPITEC 4 (1) 2013 Cover

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Published

2013-04-19

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): JIPITEC 4 (1) 2013

Section

Report

URN

https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-29-36265

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Copyright (c) 2013 Cyrill Rigamonti