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Subject-matter
Action for annulment of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (OJ L 361, p. 1)) – Lack of legal basis – Breach of the principles of autonomy and uniformity in the application of European Union law
Systematic classification scheme
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.11 Approximation of laws
4.11.06 Unitary patent
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.00 General
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3 Legal proceedings
3.02 Actions for annulment
3.02.04 Pleas in law
3.02.04.03 Misuse of powers
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.01 Adoption procedures
2.05.01.03 Non-legislative acts
2.05.01.03.02 Enforcement
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.02 Regulations
2.05.02.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.01 Adoption procedures
2.05.01.03 Non-legislative acts
2.05.01.03.01 Delegation
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3 Legal proceedings
3.02 Actions for annulment
3.02.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
2.05.02 Regulations
2.05.02.02 Direct applicability
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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TFEU, Article 4
: paragraph 40
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TFEU, Article 24
: paragraph 77
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TFEU, Article 26
: paragraph 77
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TFEU, Article 118
: paragraph 48
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TFEU, Article 118
-L1 : paragraphs 40, 42, 51
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TFEU, Article 263
: paragraph 101
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TFEU, Article 288
-L2 : paragraph 105
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TFEU, Article 291
-P1 : paragraph 75
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TFEU, Article 291
-P2 : paragraphs 69, 70, 77, 83
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Regulation 1257/2012
: paragraph 1
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A01 : paragraph 19
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A01P1 : paragraphs 43, 57
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A02LB : paragraph 29
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A02LC : paragraph 29
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A03P1 : paragraphs 45, 107
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A03P2 : paragraphs 45, 107
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A04P1 : paragraph 107
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A05P3 : paragraph 47
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A07 : paragraphs 47, 49
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09P1 : paragraphs 72, 86
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09P1LE : paragraph 81
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09P2 : paragraphs 73, 75, 78, 82, 85
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A18P2L1 : paragraph 104
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A18P2L2 : paragraph 107
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C1 : paragraph 43
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C4 : paragraph 43
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C7 : paragraph 29
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C9 : paragraph 50
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C16 : paragraph 71
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C20 : paragraph 72
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C24 : paragraph 106
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C25 : paragraph 106
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Regulation 1260/2012
: paragraph 50
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
: paragraph 100
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -9/56
: paragraphs 23, 60, 62 - 67, 69, 84, 87
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -31/78
-N32 : paragraph 105
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -98/80
: paragraph 62
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -331/88
-N24 : paragraph 56
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/02
: paragraph 62
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Court of Justice - Opinion 1/09
: paragraph 90
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -606/10
-N72 : paragraph 105
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
: paragraphs 54, 55
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N16 : paragraph 40
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N26 : paragraph 40
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N33 : paragraph 56
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N67 : paragraph 41
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N68 : paragraph 41
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/12
: paragraph 62
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/12
-N41 : paragraph 84
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/12
-N42 : paragraph 84
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -377/12
-N34 : paragraph 39
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -562/12
-N48 : paragraph 102
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -81/13
-N35 : paragraph 39
Operative part
Opinion
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TFEU, Article 2
-P2 : point 83
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TFEU, Article 3
-P2 : point 155
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TFEU, Article 4
-P2 : point 82
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TFEU, Article 118
: points 22, 68, 82, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92
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TFEU, Article 218
-P11 : point 161
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TFEU, Article 258
: point 153
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TFEU, Article 259
: point 153
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TFEU, Article 260
: point 153
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TFEU, Article 262
: point 151
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TFEU, Article 263
-L1 : point 162
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TFEU, Article 263
-L2 : point 36
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TFEU, Article 288
-L2 : point 127
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TFEU, Article 291
: points 24, 118
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TFEU, Article 291
-P1 : point 128
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TFEU, Article 291
-P2 : points 24, 114, 117, 119, 135
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TEU, Article 2
: points 21, 37, 39
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TEU, Article 4
-P3 : points 94, 179
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TEU, Article 4
-P3L2 : point 130
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TEU, Article 20
: point 71
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TEU, Article 20
-P1 : point 23
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Decision 2011/167
: points 2, 46, 101
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Regulation 1257/2012
: points 1, 26, 35 - 201
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A01 : points 9, 56
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A01P2 : point 49
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A02LA : point 10
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A02LB : point 10
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A02LC : point 10
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A03P1 : points 11, 77, 190
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A03P2L1 : point 72
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A04 : point 78
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A05 : point 79
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A05P1 : points 12, 80
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A05P2 : points 12, 81
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A05P3 : points 86, 93
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A05P7 : point 93
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A07 : point 86
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09 : point 13
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09P1 : points 24, 137, 192, 195, 197
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09P2 : points 50, 113, 121, 125, 128, 196, 197
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A09P2L1 : point 131
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A11 : point 122
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A12 : point 123
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A13 : point 124
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A18 : point 14
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A18P2 : points 157, 173, 182, 198
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Regulation 1257/2012
-A18P2L1 : points 25, 172
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C6 : point 49
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C9 : point 87
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C24 : points 8, 175
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Regulation 1257/2012
-C25 : points 8, 94, 181, 176
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Regulation 1260/2012
: point 3
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
: points 3, 25, 94, 149, 152 - 185, 198
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
-A23 : points 6, 153
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
-A25 : point 88
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
-A26 : point 88
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
-A27 : point 88
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Agreement between Member States - 42013A0620(01)
-A89P1 : point 7
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -9/56
: points 24, 105, 132, 134, 136
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Court of Justice - Opinion 3/94
-N22 : point 168
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -122/95
-N42 : point 168
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/05
: point 167
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/05
-N289 : point 168
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -533/08
-N38 : point 155
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Court of Justice - Opinion 1/09
: points 151, 152, 158
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
: points 2, 67, 96
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N62 : point 73
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N68 : points 71, 84
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/11
-N92 : point 151
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -431/11
-N44 : point 70
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -427/12
: point 187
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -270/12
: points 132, 134
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -348/12
-N120 : point 42
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -427/12
-N16 : point 188
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -427/12
-N33 : point 118
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Date of the hearing
Information not available
Date of delivery
05/05/2015
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Judgment: OJ C 213 from 29.06.2015, p.5
Application: OJ C 171 from 15.06.2013, p.15
Name of the parties
Spain v Parliament and Council
Notes on Academic Writings
- Beetz, Rainer: Das Einheitspatent rückt näher, Ecolex 2015 p.489-491 (DE)
- Tilmann, Winfried: Possible Impact of the Unitary Patent Regulation and the Unified Patent Court Agreement on Poland, European Intellectual Property Review 2015 p.545-548 (EN)
- Berlin, Dominique: Coopération renforcée, cohérence exigée, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2015 nº 21 p.994 (FR)
- Haberl, Andreas ; Schallmoser, Konstantin: EU-Patent nimmt letzte juristische Hürde – EuGH weist Klagen Spaniens ab, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht PRAX 2015 p.221-222 (DE)
- Simon, Denys: Coopérations renforcées, Europe 2015 Juillet Comm. nº 7 p.13-14 (FR)
- Prado, Iuri Maria: Giurisdizione unificata e regime linguistico nelle sentenze della Corte UE sui ricorsi del Regno di SPagna, Il diritto industriale 2015 p.223-243 (IT)
- Zlatović, Dragan: Novine u europskom patentnom pravu, Hrvatska pravna revija 2015 n° 9 p.32-39 (HR)
- Zlatović, Dragan: REFLEKSIJE SUVREMENOG EUROPSKOG PATENTNOG PRAVA NA RADNOPRAVNI POLOŽAJ IZUMITELJA, Radno pravo 2015 n° 12 p.19-30 (HR)
- Nowicka, Aurelia ; Skubisz, Ryszard: Stanowisko Trybunału Sprawiedliwości w sprawie jednolitego patentu europejskiego (uwagi krytyczne), Państwo i Prawo 2015 Vol. 11 p.19-40 (PL)
- Jaeger, Thomas: Nach l‘Europe à la carte nun la loi européenne à la carte? Zur Erlaubnis der Umgehung der Unionsmethode nach dem Urteil in Rs. C-146/13 u. a., Europarecht 2015 Heft 4 p.461-476 (DE)
- Pistoia, Emanuela: Outsourcing EU law while differentiating European integration - the unitary patent's identity in the two "Spanish rulings" of 5 May 2015, European Law Review 2016 p.711-726 (EN)
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
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Subject-matter
- Closer cooperation
- Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- - Patents
Provisions of national law referred to
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Provisions of international law referred to
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Procedure and result
- Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds
- Actions for annulment : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
Formation of the Court
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Judge-Rapporteur
Ilešič
Advocate General
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Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion
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