Patent court

A patent court is a court specializing in patent law, or having substantially exclusive jurisdiction over patent law issues. In some systems, such courts also have jurisdiction over other areas of intellectual property law, such as copyright and trademark.

By jurisdiction

European Union

• Unified Patent Court, a court for patent litigation in the European Union

Germany

• Federal Patent Court of Germany (German: Bundespatentgericht or BPatG)

Japan

• Intellectual Property High Court

Switzerland

• Federal Patent Court of Switzerland

United Kingdom

England and Wales

• Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, formerly Patents County Court
• Patents Court

United States

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (exercising jurisdiction formerly vested in the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)

See also

• Intellectual property organisation
• Patent office