login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9359
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Joint international agreements do not automatically take preference over national legislation

Luxembourg, 05/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 23 January, Advocate General M.D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer presented his conclusions in a case concerning the violation, or otherwise, of the protection conferred by a pharmaceutical patent (Case C-431/05). In the case in hand, the injured party seeks to affirm the primacy of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) provisions on intellectual property over the national legislation of a member state, in this case Portugal. The question raised in this case is...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT