Abstract

MARTINEZ, C.ORÓ  and  GANDIA SELLENS, MªA.. ACTIONS FORA NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND INTERNATIONAL PATENT RIGHT LITIGATION: PROBLEM SOLVED? CHANGES AFTERTHE SOLVAYAND FOLIEN FISCHER JUDGMENTS. Rev. Bol. Der. [online]. 2015, n.19, pp.706-725. ISSN 2070-8157.

ABSTRACT:This case-law comment analyzes several judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union in order to assess whether the forum delicti commissi rule contained in art. 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation -art. 7(2) of the Brussels I Recast- covers actions for a negative declaration when, in the framework of a process of non-infringement of a patent right, the question of invalidity of the patent at stake is risen.

Keywords : Actions for a negative declaration; patent infringement; international jurisdiction; torpedo actions; validity of patent rights.

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