62021CJ0399_SUM
Case C‑399/21
IRnova AB
v
FLIR Systems AB
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt)
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Article 24(4) – Exclusive jurisdiction – Jurisdiction over the registration or validity of patents – Scope – Patent application deposited and patent granted in a third State – Status of inventor – Proprietor of the right to an invention)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Scope
(Convention of 27 September 1968; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012, recital 34; Council Regulation No 44/2001)
(see paragraphs 27-29, 31)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Exclusive jurisdiction – Jurisdiction over the registration or validity of patents – Scope
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012, Art. 24(4))
(see paragraphs 35, 36, 41, 43-47, 49, operative part)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Provisions of that regulation treated as equivalent to those of Regulation No 44/2001 and the Brussels Convention – Interpretation of those provisions in accordance with the case-law of the Court relating to Regulation No 44/2001 and the Brussels Convention – Exclusive jurisdiction – Proceedings concerned with the registration or validity of patents – Concept
(Convention of 27 September 1968, Art. 16(4); European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012, Art. 24(4); Council Regulation No 44/2001, Art. 22(4))
(see paragraphs 37-40)
See the text of the decision.