Activities of Tadeusz ZWIEFKA related to 2011/0093(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Creation of unitary patent protection - Unitary patent protection - Jurisdictional system for patent disputes (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Renewal fees should be paid to the European Patent Organisation. 50 percent thereof minusThe European Patent Office should retain an amount to cover the expenses incurrgenerated byat the European Patent Office in carrying out tasks in relation to the unitary patent protection in accordance with Article 146 of the EPC. The remaining amount shall be distributed among the participating Member States, which should be used for patent-related purposes. The share of distribution should be set on the basis of fair, equitable and relevant criteria namely the level of patent activity and the size of the market and should guarantee a minimum amount to be redistributed to each participating Member State in order to maintain a balanced and sustainable functioning of the system. The distribution should provide compensation for having an official language other than one of the official languages of the European Patent Office, having a disproportionately low level of patenting activity established on the basis of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) and having acquired membership of the European Patent Organisation relatively recently.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The part of the collected renewal fees to be distributed to the participating Member States referred to in ArtEuropean Patent Officle 12(1)(e) shall beshall retain 50 percent of the renewal fees referred to in Article 14 paid for European patents with unitary effect minus the costs asso. The remaining amount shall be distributed to the participated with the admining Member States in accordance with the share of distraibution of the unitary patent protection referred to inrenewal fees set in accordance with Article 12(2).