| OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM AND WELCOMING ADDRESSES |
| Opening of the Symposium and welcoming addresses | 1-30 | PDF | |
| WORKING SESSIONS |
| The judicial system in Europe |
| Patent litigation in Europe | 31-42 | PDF | |
| Limitation procedures under national law and EPC 2000 |
| Central limitation and revocation under Articles 105a to 105c of the revised European Patent Convention | 43-50 | PDF | |
| Central limitation and revocation – an Austrian perspective | 51-55 | PDF | |
| A patent held in a binding ruling to have been infringed is subsequently revoked: what happens next? |
| What becomes of judgments on infringement when the patents in suit are revoked: the legal situation in Germany | 56-63 | PDF | |
| Effect of subsequent revocation on a final judgment that a patent is valid and infringed | 64-75 | PDF | |
| Can the revocation of a European patent undermine previous convictions? | 76-82 | PDF | |
| The notion of the person skilled in the art |
| The skilled man Extract from the Judgment Rockwater v Coflexip | 83-84 | PDF | |
| The skilled person | 85-93 | PDF | |
| The skilled person of the European Patent Convention | 94-101 | PDF | |
| The role of the expert in infringement and revocation proceedings |
| The role of the expert in patent infringement and revocation proceedings in the Netherlands | 102-111 | PDF | |
| The expert's role in infringement and revocation proceedings in France | 112-120 | PDF | |
| Recent developments in European and national patent law and case law |
| CH Switzerland Selected patent law decisions of the Swiss Bundesgericht (Federal Supreme Court), September 2006 to August 2008 | 121-122 | PDF | |
| Judgment of the Zurich Handelsgericht | 123-126 | PDF | |
| DK Denmark Recent developments in Denmark since 2006 | 127-128 | PDF | |
| FR France Recent case law on European patents | 129-138 | PDF | |
| GB United Kingdom Recent patent cases in England and Wales | 139-148 | PDF | |
| IT Italy Recent developments in European and national patent law and case law | 149-156 | PDF | |
| NL Netherlands Court of Appeal of The Hague Some recent developments in Dutch patent law | 157-160 | PDF | |
| RO Romania | 161-167 | PDF | |
| REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS |
| Report on proceedings | 169-204 | PDF | |
| LIST OF PARTICIPANTS |
| The participants in the 14th Symposium of European Patent Judges in Bordeaux | Insert | PDF | |
| List of participants | 205-208 | PDF | |
| ANNEX |
| Case study "Impact pad in the tundish" | 209 | PDF | |
| Case study | 211-218 | PDF | |
| Questions | 219-220 | PDF | |
| EP 0 729 393 B1 (Language of the proceedings: English) | 221-230 | PDF | |
| German translation of EP specification 0 729 393 B1 | 231-251 | PDF | |
| French translation of EP specification 0 729 393 B1 | 253-271 | PDF | |
| Article 34 EPLA Indirect infringement | 273 | PDF | |
| Annex Judgment of the District Court of Düsseldorf, dated 27 November 2007 – Impact pad – 4a O 352/06 | 275-311 | PDF | |
