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I am aware that Munich has seen major economic activity in the field of patents. This is why the patent office is based in Munich. However, I am of the opinion that it is premature at this stage to enter into a discussion as to where the future Community patent tribunal should be based.
At present, the efforts of myself and my offices are focused on limiting the effects which the distance between the parties and the future tribunal may have. Indeed, we intend to ensure that the centralised jurisdiction is near to all members of the judiciary across the Community. I would like to add that it is difficult to have a Community or centralised patent without centralised jurisdiction. Because if that was not the case, this would mean that there would be a tribunal in all Member States of the European Union for administering justice on patent infringement procedures, and that could mean that a German company could find itself in a tribunal in country X, far removed from the registered office of that company, and with enlargement in the offing, that could imply far greater distances still. It is essential that one judicial body be put in place, both in first instance and in appeal, where patent disputes are settled."@en1
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