Fragmentation and the European Patent System

Introduction
I. Background
II. The European Patent System
III. Terminology
IV. Perspectives on Fragmentation
V. Outline

PART I
FRAGMENTATION AND THE EUROPEAN PATENT SYSTEM TODAY
1. Existing Routes to Patent Protection in Europe
I. National Patent Systems
II. The European (EPC) Patent System
III. The International Patent Application
IV. Existing Fragmentation
2. Forthcoming Route to EU Unitary Patent Protection
I. Background to the Unitary Patent Package
II. The Unitary Patent Package
III. Concerns Related to the Unitary Patent Package
IV. Further Fragmentation

PART II
ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF FRAGMENTATION
3. Fragmentation in European Law-Making
I. Constructing Europe and the European Patent System
II. The Impact of Expansion
III. Fragmentation as a Means of Integration
4. Fragmentation in the International Legal System
I. Fragmentation in the International Legal System
II. Application to the European Patent System
III. Fragmentation as an Inherent Aspect of a Legal System

PART III
FRAGMENTATION AND SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW
5. Responding to Fragmentation as an Inherent Aspect of the European Patent System
I. Areas of Divergence
II. Towards Convergence - Judicial Dialogue and Cooperation
III. Fragmentation as an Inherent Aspect of the European Patent System
6. Accepting Fragmentation as a Necessary Aspect of the European Patent System
I. The Impact of the Biotech Directive
II. Interpretations of the Exceptions to Patentability
III. Impact of the Unitary Patent Package
IV. Considering Diversity and Value Pluralism when Responding to Fragmentation

Conclusion: Fragmentation and the European Patent System

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• Lei de Patentes
• Direito internacional

European unitary patent system; European Patent Organisation; European Free Trade Association; EU; judicial cooperation