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.
By jurisdiction edit
European Union edit
- Unified Patent Court, a court for patent litigation in the European Union
Germany edit
- Federal Patent Court of Germany (German: Bundespatentgericht or BPatG)
Japan edit
Switzerland edit
United Kingdom edit
England and Wales edit
- Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, formerly Patents County Court
- Patents Court
United States edit
- 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 edit