EPLIT - Promoting fair patent litigation

WHO

WE ARE

EPLIT (European Patent Litigators Association) is the association for European Patent Attorneys who may act before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), national courts and in inter partes proceedings at the European Patent Office (EPO). Most of EPLIT’s members meet the requirements to qualify as representatives before the UPC. Other legal practitioners, such as Attorneys-at-Law or nationally qualified Patent Attorneys, are also among EPLIT’s membership

Our Objectives

STATUTES OF ASSOCIATION

Promoting the participation and standing of European Patent Attorneys in the UPC system, national courts and EPO inter partes proceedings.

Promoting user-friendly, fair, efficient and cost-effective patent litigation in Europe, including advocacy, particularly before the UPC and national courts, as well as EPO inter partes proceedings.

Improving information exchange and relationships between our members.

Establishing and maintaining relations with official or private national and international IP organizations.

Our achievements

We have...

Organized mock trials under the rules of the UPC with experienced patent judges

Corresponded with the government of the UK encouraging it to ratify the UPC Agreement

Corresponded with EU authorities and EU member states with the aim to find a solution for the UK to remain within the UPC Agreement

Proposed a draft Code of Conduct for representatives before the UPC in cooperation with epi and EPLAW

Filed a submission before the German Federal Constitutional Court regarding the pending complaint on compatibility of the UPC with the German constitution

Participated in the consultation and hearing on the revision of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO

Annual Conference

Meet the Board

Working Groups

Annual Conference

Every year we organise an annual conference with high-level presentations relating to the UPC and national litigation practices. The annual conference takes place in a major European city, such as Stockholm, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, and Vienna.

Meet the Board

Daniel Alge (Austria)
Henri Bourgeois (France)
Giuseppe Colucci (Italy)
Bernard Ledeboer (Netherlands)
Kay Rupprecht (Germany)
Lucy Samuels (United Kingdom)
Stephanie Sarlet (Belgium)
Guno Tjon (Netherlands)

Working Groups

Members of EPLIT are active in one or more Working Groups. Currently, EPLIT has eight Working Groups:

Substantive Law
Qualification
Cost of Procedure
Code of Conduct
Privilege
Education and Training
Procedural Law
News