Patent Law Harmonisation in Transit

There is a long and winding road to patent law harmonisation, and it has not yet reached its final destination, though it may be at an important transitional stage. Since the establishment of the Treaty of Rome and the Common Market in 1958, the European Union (EU) has strived for patent law harmonisation. However, the Union has failed to establish almost any provisions on the infringing acts and the applicable limitations. In June 2023, EU’s harmonisation efforts reached a new milestone with the entering into force of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system. Even though the EU has finally succeeded in providing a system for a unitary patent right, the regulation of its effects and limitations generally remains outside EU law. On the 22nd of November 2024, I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation ‘Harmonising the Acts of Patent Infringement in Europe’ in private law at Stockholm University, Department of Law. The dissertations topic is harmonisation in Europe of the acts amounting to a patent infringement and applicable limitations.