Ingve Björn Stjerna

Ingve Björn Stjerna is a German lawyer, known for having filed in 2017 a constitutional complaint with the German Federal Constitutional Court (German: Bundesverfassungsgericht) against the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court in Germany.[1][2][3][4] In April 2017, his complaint led the German Constitutional Court to ask the President of Germany to suspend the ratification of the Agreement.[4][5] His complaint, which was assigned court case reference 2 BvR 739/17, was upheld by the Court.[6][7]

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  1. ^ Klos, Mathieu; Schulze, Christina (6 September 2017). "UPC: Düsseldorfer Rechtsanwalt Stjerna legte Verfassungsbeschwerde ein" [UPC: Dusseldorf-based attorney-at-aw filed constitutional complaint]. juve.de (in German). JUVE. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ Walters, Max (30 October 2017). "Brexit patent court stance 'astonishing', says German lawyer who halted the scheme". lawgazette.co.uk. The Law Society. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ Schulze, Christina (7 November 2017). "UPC-Beschwerde: Karlsruhe weitet Sondierungen aus, Verfahren zieht sich" [UPC complaint: Karlsruhe expands probe, proceedings are delayed]. juve.de (in German). JUVE. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The IAM IP personalities of 2017 - part two". Intellectual Asset Management. Globe Business Media Group. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Kurz vor der Ausfertigung: BVerfG stoppt EU-Patent" [Shortly before signature: BVerfG stops EU patent]. Legal Tribune Online (in German). 12 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ Vissel, Horst. "History repeating – A court decision to trigger a European patent law reform?". GRUR Int. 2019 (1): 25.
  7. ^ "Act of Approval to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court is void - Press Release No. 20/2020 of 20 March 2020 - Order of 13 February 2020 - 2 BvR 739/17". bundesverfassungsgericht.de. The Federal Constitutional Court. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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