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 planned 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
- 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 law
- Patent office