3 Amendments of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2011/2176(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the legal costs must not be so high that they risk hindering access to justice, particularly for SMEs, individuals and not-for-profit organisations;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point i
Paragraph 10 – point i
(i) acknowledges that the composition of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance should be multinational; considers thatas regards their composition must be adapted to the existing court structures; proposes, therefore, that the composition of the local divisions should become multinational afterthat account should be taken of the existing court structures, while bearing in mind that the overriding objective is to ensure that the new court is genuinely unified; proposes, therefore, that the composition of the local divisions should become multinational as soon as possible but that reasoned exceptions to this general principle may be made after approval from the Administrative Committee during a transitional period of no more than five years, while it has to be ensured that the standard of quality and efficiency of the existing structures is not reduced; considers that the period of five years should be used for intensive training and preparation for the judges;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – point v
Paragraph 11 – point v
(v) the parties should be represented only by lawyers authorised to practise before a court of a Contracting Member State; the representatives of the parties might be assisted by patent attorneys who should be allow and/or by European Patent lawyers who are entitled to sappeak at hearings before the Courtr before the European Patent Office;