It was proper for a national patents system to require that before any patent was lodged with that nation’s patents registrar, any European Patent granted should become deemed void ab initio unless it was translated into the national language of that state. A requirement to do so within three months of being lodged was not infringement of the free movement of goods.
Times 12-Oct-1999, C-44/98, [1999] EUECJ C-44/98
Bailii
ECTreaty Art 234
European
Updated: 23 August 2021; Ref: scu.162331
