Sources Of Patent Law

Question 1

Sources of patent law on an international level

Answer 1

Paris Convention (PC)
TRIPS
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Budapest Treaty 
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning International Patent Classification

Question 2

Three main ways of obtaining patent protection in Europe

Answer 2

National route - valid only in the country granted
EPC - regional route
(Unitary patent - available from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court)
Patent Cooperation Treaty - patent protection in countries worldwide