GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. Chapter I General provisions (Arts. 1 to 9) Set up a new international organisation, the European Patent Judiciary (EPJ), to settle litigation concerning the infringement and validity of European patents effective in the Contracting States which commit themselves to this new integrated judicial system. List the organs of the EPJ: the European Patent Court and the Administrative Committee. Set up the Facultative Advisory Council (FAC). Lay down the autonomy, legal status, seat, privileges and immunities and liability of the EPJ, as well as the judicial independence of the European Patent Court.
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Samples: European Patent Litigation Agreement, Draft Agreement on the Establishment of a European Patent Litigation System
