Cambios en las patentes: la modificación de las reivindicaciones al amparo del nuevo artículo 138.3 del Convenio de la Patente Europea

This paper examines the effects of the novelty introduced in the EPC under which the pattentee affected by a lawsuit ehere the validity of his right is objected may propose a new text to the court limiting the claims, which will be the basis for proceedings. It corresponds to the court to accept the new text under the civil procedural law, deserving therefore specific attention how it fits in the context of the procedural rules of litigation in Spain.