Patent Litigation in Europe

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• Patent litigation by country (map)

  The European Patent Convention (EPC) sets out the legal framework for a single, harmonised patent granting procedure for the European patent, which exists in parallel with national patents subject to national prosecution procedures.

  Post-grant litigation and enforcement procedures differ quite substantially across the EPC contracting states, as do the courts adjudicating on patent matters.
  

  Click a country on the map below for an overview of its administrative and civil patent litigation procedures.

  

• Patent litigation by country (list)

  • AL    Albania
  • AT    Austria
  • BE   Belgium
  • BG   Bulgaria
  • CH   Switzerland
  • CY   Cyprus
  • CZ   Czech Republic
  • DE   Germany
  • DK   Denmark
  • EE   Estonia
  • ES   Spain
  • FI    Finland
  • FR   France
  • GB  United Kingdom
  • GR  Greece
  • HR  Croatia
  • HU  Hungary
  • IE    Ireland
  • IS    Iceland
  • IT    Italy
  • LI    Liechtenstein
  • LT   Lithuania
  • LU   Luxembourg
  • LV   Latvia
  • MC  Monaco
  • MK  Republic of North Macedonia
  • MT   Malta
  • NL   The Netherlands
  • NO   Norway
  • PL    Poland
  • PT    Portugal
  • RO   Romania
  • RS   Serbia
  • SE   Sweden
  • SI    Slovenia
  • SK   Slovakia
  • SM   San Marino
  • TR   Turkey