Unitary EU Patent System

Justine Pila is University Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Senior Law Tutor of St Catherine's College, and a Research Fellow of the Institute of European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford. Christopher Wadlow qualified as a solicitor in 1981 and practised with Simmons & Simmons in London until joining UEA Law School full time in 2004. He was appointed to a Chair in 2008.

• 1. Introductory Remarks: A Judicial PerspectiveSir David Kitchin 2. An Historical Perspective I: The Unitary Patent PackageJustine Pila 3. An Historical Perspective II: The Unified Patent CourtChristopher Wadlow 4. An Institutional Perspective I: The Role of the EPO in the Unitary (EU) Patent SystemStefan Luginbuehl 5. An Institutional Perspective II: The Role of the CJEU in the Unitary (EU) Patent SystemAngelos Dimopoulos 6. A Constitutional PerspectiveTuomas Mylly 7. A Competition Law Perspective I: Competition Law Aspects of European Patents with Unitary EffectStefan Enchelmaier 8. A Competition Law Perspective II: The Relationship between Patents and Competition RulesSteven Anderman 9. An International Perspective I: A View from the United StatesRochelle C Dreyfuss 10. An International Perspective II: A View from Private International LawPaul LC Torremans 11. Looking Forward: A User Perspective Alan Johnson 12. Concluding RemarksAlison Brimelow CBE

Pila and Wadlow should be congratulated for putting together such and informative and thought-provoking collection.