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2 BvR 739/17

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2 BvR 739/17 is a case decided on 13 February 2020 by the German Federal Constitutional Court (German: Bundesverfassungsgericht; abbreviated: BVerfG) in which the Court decided that the Act of Approval, i.e. for the ratification, of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court of 19 February 2013 (EPGÜ-ZustG) in Germany was null and void, because it had not been approved by the German federal parliament (German: Bundestag) sitting with the required quorum.

The case was initiated with a complaint filed in March 2017 by German lawyer Ingve Björn Stjerna and the order was published on 20 March 2020. It was decided by the Court's second senate with Justice Andreas Voßkuhle presiding and Justice Peter Huber acting as judge rapporteur. Among the Court's eight judges, Justices Ulrich Maidowski, Doris König, and Christine Langenfeld dissented.

References

  1. ^ "Act of Approval to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court is void - Press Release No. 20/2020 of 20 March 2020 - Order of 13 February 2020 - 2 BvR 739/17". bundesverfassungsgericht.de. The Federal Constitutional Court. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. Klos, Mathieu (20 March 2020). "BREAKING: German Constitutional Court upholds UPC complaint". JUVE. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ Rath, Christian (21 March 2020). "Noch mehr Karlsruher Kontrolle" [Even more control from Karlsruhe]. Legal Tribune Online (in German). Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. "Karlsruhe: Deutsche Zustimmung zu EU-Einheitspatent nichtig" [Karlsruhe: German approval of EU unitary patent void]. Zeit Online (in German). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. Kirsch, Christian (20 March 2020). "Bundesverfassungsgericht erklärt Gesetz über EU-Patent für nichtig" [Federal Constitutional Court annuls law on EU patent]. Heise Online (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. Schulze, Christina (20 March 2020). "Straight shooter: The judge behind the German UPC decision". JUVE. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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