Patent court

A patent court is a court specializing in patent law, or having substantially exclusive jurisdiction over patent law issues. In some systems, such courts also have jurisdiction over other areas of intellectual property law, such as copyright and trademark.

Patent law
Overviews
Patents History Economics Societal views
Basic concepts
Application Prosecution Opposition Licensing Infringement Valuation Patent claims
Patentability
Novelty Inventive step and non-obviousness Inventorship Industrial applicability Patentable subject matter Person skilled in the art Prior art Utility
Additional requirements
Sufficiency of disclosure Unity of invention
By region / country
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Australia Canada China Europe Germany Japan Netherlands United States
By specific subject matter
Biological Business method Chemical Insurance Software Tax
See also
Category Glossary

By jurisdiction

European Union

Unified Patent Court, a planned court for patent litigation in the European Union

Germany

Federal Patent Court of Germany (German: Bundespatentgericht or BPatG)

Japan

Intellectual Property High Court

Switzerland

Federal Patent Court of Switzerland

United Kingdom

Patents County Court
Patents Court

United States

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (exercising jurisdiction formerly vested in the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)

See also

Intellectual property organisation
Patent law
Patent office

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