1 See our April 2011 newsletter for further details of the enhanced cooperation procedure and the proposed translation regime. http://www.herbertsmith.com/NR/rdonlyres/5A2BD86F-8EA4-47F9-9517-B1C9D6A8E5E0/18767/IPandTMTNewsletterEApril2011.pdf 
 
2 See the draft Patent Regulation dated 15 April 2011.  
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st09/st09224.en11.pdf
 
3 See the draft Translation Regulation dated 15 April 2011.  
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st09/st09226.en11.pdf
 
4 See the UPLS proposal dated 26 May 2011. 
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st10/st10630.en11.pdf
 
5 See the draft Compromise Regulations dated 18 May 2011. 
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st10/st10277.en11.pdf
 
6 See the draft EEUPC Agreement dated 26 October 2011. 
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st16/st16023.en11.pdf
 
7 See the Guidance dated 17 November 2011. 
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st17/st17120-re01.en11.pdf
 
8 A copy of the UK Parliament Report is available at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmeuleg/428-xlv/42804.htm
 
9 Henry Carr QC, Intellectual Property Bar Association, giving evidence to the UK Parliament Committee. A streamed recording of the meeting is available at http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Archive.aspx
 
10 See this memorandom from the General Secretariat to the Jurist/Linguists Group dated 9 January 2012. 
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/12/cm01/cm01068.en12.pdf
 
11 At the time of writing, there is no indication of the outcome of these discussions.
 
12 For unexplained reasons, this did not take place. See paragraph 2.25 of the UK Parliament Report. 
 
13 See this article dated 3 January 2012. 
http://kluwerpatentblog.com/2012/01/03/a-unified-patent-court-under-the-danish-a-further-domestic-danish-policy-issue/
 
14 This document is not yet available at the time of writing but is due to appear at 
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&ssf=DATE_DOCUMENT+DESC&srm=25&md=400&typ=Simple&cmsid=638&ff_
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